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Educated Mothers, Well-Fed and Healthy Children? Assessing the Impact of the 1980 School Reform on Dietary Diversity and Nutrition Outcomes of Zimbabwean Children

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  • Marshall Makate
  • Clifton Makate

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We scrutinise the causal influence of schooling on child dietary diversity and nutrition in Zimbabwe using the exogenous variability in schooling prompted by the 1980 education policy, a natural trial fitting a fuzzy regression discontinuity design. We established that a one-year of learning promotes dietary diversity and nutrition even after accounting for plausible mediating factors. Also, education is more liable to impact dietary practices and nutrition through improvements in health knowledge, literacy, wealth and prenatal care utilisation. These findings suggest that promoting schooling access to girls in resource-poor nations might have far-reaching implications on feeding practices and consequently child nutrition.

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  • Marshall Makate & Clifton Makate, 2018. "Educated Mothers, Well-Fed and Healthy Children? Assessing the Impact of the 1980 School Reform on Dietary Diversity and Nutrition Outcomes of Zimbabwean Children," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(7), pages 1196-1216, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:54:y:2018:i:7:p:1196-1216
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1380796
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    1. Genova, Christian & Umberger, Wendy J. & Peralta-Sanchez, Maria-Alexandra & Newman, Suzie & Zeng, Di, 2021. "The Impact of Smallholder Vegetable Production on Rural Vietnamese Children’s Nutrition Outcomes," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315293, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Marshall Makate & Chamunorwa Nyamuranga, 2023. "The long‐term impact of education on dietary diversity among women in Zimbabwe," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(2), pages 897-923, May.
    3. Julius Chegere, Martin & Sebastian Kauky, Monica, 2022. "Agriculture commercialisation, household dietary diversity and nutrition in Tanzania," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    4. Lilian Korir & Marian Rizov & Eric Ruto, 2023. "Diet diversity, malnutrition and health: Evidence from Kenya," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 74(2), pages 534-550, June.
    5. Olabisi, Michael & Obekpa, Hephzibah Onyeje & Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O., 2021. "Is growing your own food necessary for dietary diversity? Evidence from Nigeria," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    6. Makate, Marshall & Nyamuranga, Chamunorwa, 2024. "Changing the mindsets? Education and the intergenerational spread of tolerance for physical violence against women in Zimbabwe," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 52(C).
    7. Sana Khan & Gianna Claudia Giannelli & Lucia Ferrone, 2024. "Can Maternal Education Enhance Children's Dietary Diversity and Nutritional Outcomes? Evidence from 2003 Education Reform in Kenya," Working Papers - Economics wp2024_12.rdf, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa.

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