Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth
| dc.creator | Jones, Sam | |
| dc.creator | Behrman, Jere R. | |
| dc.creator | Dang, Hai-Anh H. | |
| dc.creator | Anand, Paul | |
| dc.date | 2018-02-28T23:15:04Z | |
| dc.date | 2018-02-28T23:15:04Z | |
| dc.date | 2018-02 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-01T00:44:07Z | |
| dc.description | Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper distinguishes between catch-up in the mean of a group toward that of a healthy reference population versus catch-up within the group, associated with a narrowing of the outcome distribution. In contrast to conventional empirical approaches based on dynamic panel models, the paper shows how catch-up can be tested via a latent growth framework. Combined with a flexible estimator incorporating individual-specific intercepts and slopes, this enables between- and within-group forms of catch-up to be tested in a unified setting. The application of the proposed approach reveals significant differences in the nature, extent, and drivers of catch-up growth across the four Young Lives countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). In addition, the paper shows how conclusions about catch-up are sensitive to the way in which anthropometric outcomes are expressed. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/651561519323236232/Identifying-catch-up-trajectories-in-child-growth-new-methods-with-evidence-from-young-lives | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/29413 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1596/1813-9450-8353 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/410121 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
| dc.relation | Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8353 | |
| dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo | |
| dc.rights | World Bank | |
| dc.subject | CHILD DEVELOPMENT | |
| dc.subject | CHILD HEALTH | |
| dc.subject | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT | |
| dc.subject | DEMOGRAPHICS | |
| dc.title | Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth | |
| dc.title | New Methods with Evidence from Young Lives | |
| dc.type | Working Paper | |
| dc.type | Document de travail | |
| dc.type | Documento de trabajo |