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Author: Chowdhury, Shah Saeed Hassan
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1. Chowdhury, Shah Saeed Hassan
Effects of Children's and Mothers' Bodyweight on Childhood Educational Achievement
Working Paper, Department of Economics and Finance, Middle Tennessee State University, September 2008
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Department of Economics and Finance, Middle Tennessee State University
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Bias Decomposition; Body Mass Index (BMI); Children, Academic Development; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Obesity; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Weight

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In this paper I have focused on the relation between the weight of the children and mother and the educational outcomes of children. PIAT Math, PIAT Reading and PIAT Reading Comprehension examination results are used to measure the educational performances of children.
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Chowdhury, Shah Saeed Hassan. "Effects of Children's and Mothers' Bodyweight on Childhood Educational Achievement." Working Paper, Department of Economics and Finance, Middle Tennessee State University, September 2008.