Weather and child health in rural Nigeria
Abstract: The effect of weather shocks on children’s anthropometrics is investigated using the two most recent rounds of the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). For this purpose, climate data for each DHS cluster are interpolated using dailyweather station records fromthe nationalnetwork...
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Oxford University Press. Centre for the Study of African Economies
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/9150 https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/eju005 |
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CAMBIO CLIMATICO NIÑOS SALUD CLIMA LLUVIA ZONAS RURALES |
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CAMBIO CLIMATICO NIÑOS SALUD CLIMA LLUVIA ZONAS RURALES Jacoby, Hanan G. Rabassa, Mariano Skoufias, Emmanuel Weather and child health in rural Nigeria |
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CAMBIO CLIMATICO NIÑOS SALUD CLIMA LLUVIA ZONAS RURALES |
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Abstract: The effect of weather shocks on children’s anthropometrics is investigated
using the two most recent rounds of the Nigeria Demographic and Health
Survey (DHS). For this purpose, climate data for each DHS cluster are interpolated
using dailyweather station records fromthe nationalnetwork.Thefindings
reveal that rainfall shocks have a statistically significant and robust
impact on child health in the short-run for both weight-for-height and
height-for-age, and the incidence of diarrhoea. The impacts of weather
shocks on health are of considerable magnitude; however, children seem to
catch-up with their cohort rapidly after experiencing a shock. Finally, it
appears that the impact of these shocks is the same for young boys and
girls, which suggests that there is no gender-based discrimination in the allocation
of resources within households. |
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Artículo |
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Jacoby, Hanan G. Rabassa, Mariano Skoufias, Emmanuel |
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Jacoby, Hanan G. Rabassa, Mariano Skoufias, Emmanuel |
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Jacoby, Hanan G. |
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Weather and child health in rural Nigeria |
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Weather and child health in rural Nigeria |
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Weather and child health in rural Nigeria |
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Weather and child health in rural Nigeria |
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Weather and child health in rural Nigeria |
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weather and child health in rural nigeria |
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Oxford University Press. Centre for the Study of African Economies |
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2019 |
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