Decreasing the Burden of Childhood Disease - Western Cape ...
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nutrition as measured by child height-for-age xix . They found that "large<br />
dosages <strong>of</strong> CSG treatment" early in life significantly boosted child height.<br />
They also quantified <strong>the</strong> gains in height-for-age (z -scores) in terms <strong>of</strong><br />
adult wages. They <strong>the</strong>n use <strong>the</strong>se monetary figures to calculate private to<br />
CSG payments. Drawing on literature that examines <strong>the</strong> impact <strong>of</strong> adult<br />
height on wages, <strong>the</strong>y estimate that <strong>the</strong>se height gains in turn suggest<br />
large adult earnings increases for treated children and a discounted rate<br />
<strong>of</strong> return on CSG payments <strong>of</strong> between a 160% and 230%.<br />
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