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Urban land rights and child nutritional status in Peru, 2004.
Vogl, Tom S.
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  • Vogl TS; Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States. tvogl@fas.harvard.edu
Econ Hum Biol ; 5(2): 302-21, 2007 Jul.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17287155
Advocates of land-titling programs in developing countries posit that these programs lead to a multitude of benefits, including health improvements. This paper presents the results of a child health survey of several Lima communities after various time exposures to Peru's urban land-titling program. The results provide suggestive evidence that improved property rights increase children's weight but not their height, which is consistent with previous work on the topic. However, titles also appear to raise children's risk of being overweight or obese, implying that the observed weight gain is not necessarily an improvement in nutritional status.
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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Ownership / Body Height / Body Weight / Child Development / Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Anthropometry / Urban Health / Nutritional Status Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Limits: Adult / Child, preschool / Female / Humans Country/Region as subject: America do sul / Peru Language: En Journal: Econ Hum Biol Journal subject: BIOLOGIA / CIENCIAS SOCIAIS Year: 2007 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: Netherlands
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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Ownership / Body Height / Body Weight / Child Development / Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Anthropometry / Urban Health / Nutritional Status Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Limits: Adult / Child, preschool / Female / Humans Country/Region as subject: America do sul / Peru Language: En Journal: Econ Hum Biol Journal subject: BIOLOGIA / CIENCIAS SOCIAIS Year: 2007 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: Netherlands