| Abstract: | Child health and nutrition are strongly associated with educationalachievement. But associations do not necessarily indicate causality;estimates generally are likely to be biased in one directionor the other. As a result analysts and policymakers should havemuch less confidence in findings about the effect of healthon schooling success than has been claimed in previous surveys.The evidence is more nuanced and qualified than is often recognizedbut may still support the conclusion that health may have considerableeffects on postschooling productivity. Policy implications pointtoward providing public subsidies for the collection, analysis,and dissemination of information about the links between healthand education; and toward providing services to improve thehealth of poor children. |
