"Influences on the Health of Young Girls in Developing Countries" by Nidhiya Menon

Nidhiya Menon is a Professor of Economics at Brandeis University. She is a speaker at the CDE Conference on Gender and Development, presenting on “Influences on the Health of Young Girls in Developing Countries: Evidence from History, Season of birth, and Famine.” Her research interests are on the behavior of individuals, households and firms in developing countries and she has contributed to topics that include labor and occupational choice, gender-differentiated impacts of labor market policies, child health consequences of environmental (water) pollution, land rights and their impacts on economic welfare and children’s human capital, conflict and its repercussions on occupational choice, the impact of historical institutions on child health and technology use, adult health in developing countries, and program evaluation.