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dc.contributor.authorAdhvaryu, Achyutaen
dc.contributor.authorNyshadham, Ananten
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-14-
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-20T13:15:14Z-
dc.date.available2012-06-20T13:15:14Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/59169-
dc.description.abstractStandard theories of resource allocation within the household posit that parents' investments in their children reflect a combination of children's endowments and parents' preferences for child quality. We study how changes in children's cognitive endowments affect the distribution of parental investments amongst siblings, using data from a largescale iodine supplementation program in Tanzania. We find that parents strongly reinforce the higher cognitive endowments of children who received in utero iodine supplementation, by investing more in vaccinations and early life nutrition. The effect of siblings' endowments on own investments depends on the extent to which quality across children is substitutable in parents' utility functions. Neonatal investments, made before cognitive endowments become apparent to parents, are unaffected. Fertility is unaffected as well, suggesting that inframarginal quality improvements can spur investment responses even when the quantity-quality tradeoff is not readily observable.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aYale University, Economic Growth Center |cNew Haven, CTen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCenter Discussion Paper |x998en
dc.subject.jelI14en
dc.subject.jelI15en
dc.subject.jelI18en
dc.subject.jelO12en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordendowmentsen
dc.subject.keywordintra-householden
dc.subject.keywordchild healthen
dc.subject.keywordTanzaniaen
dc.titleEndowments and investments within the household: Evidence from iodine supplementation in Tanzania-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn662032594en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:egc:wpaper:998en

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