Weather and child health in rural Nigeria

Autores
Rabassa, Mariano Javier; Skoufias, Emmanuel; Jacoby, Hanan
Año de publicación
2014
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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 daily weather station records from the national network.The findings 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.
Fil: Rabassa, Mariano Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires"; Argentina
Fil: Skoufias, Emmanuel. The World Bank; Estados Unidos
Fil: Jacoby, Hanan. The World Bank; Estados Unidos
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weather shocks
climate change
health
Nigeria
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spelling Weather and child health in rural NigeriaRabassa, Mariano JavierSkoufias, EmmanuelJacoby, Hananweather shocksclimate changehealthNigeriahttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5The 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 daily weather station records from the national network.The findings 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.Fil: Rabassa, Mariano Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires"; ArgentinaFil: Skoufias, Emmanuel. The World Bank; Estados UnidosFil: Jacoby, Hanan. The World Bank; Estados UnidosOxford University Press2014-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/89567Rabassa, Mariano Javier; Skoufias, Emmanuel; Jacoby, Hanan; Weather and child health in rural Nigeria; Oxford University Press; Journal of African Economies; 23; 4; 5-2014; 464-4920963-80241464-3723CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://academic.oup.com/jae/article/23/4/464/747828info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1093/jae/eju005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:57:44Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/89567instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:57:44.596CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Weather and child health in rural Nigeria
title Weather and child health in rural Nigeria
spellingShingle Weather and child health in rural Nigeria
Rabassa, Mariano Javier
weather shocks
climate change
health
Nigeria
title_short Weather and child health in rural Nigeria
title_full Weather and child health in rural Nigeria
title_fullStr Weather and child health in rural Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Weather and child health in rural Nigeria
title_sort Weather and child health in rural Nigeria
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rabassa, Mariano Javier
Skoufias, Emmanuel
Jacoby, Hanan
author Rabassa, Mariano Javier
author_facet Rabassa, Mariano Javier
Skoufias, Emmanuel
Jacoby, Hanan
author_role author
author2 Skoufias, Emmanuel
Jacoby, Hanan
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv weather shocks
climate change
health
Nigeria
topic weather shocks
climate change
health
Nigeria
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv 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 daily weather station records from the national network.The findings 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.
Fil: Rabassa, Mariano Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires"; Argentina
Fil: Skoufias, Emmanuel. The World Bank; Estados Unidos
Fil: Jacoby, Hanan. The World Bank; Estados Unidos
description 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 daily weather station records from the national network.The findings 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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Rabassa, Mariano Javier; Skoufias, Emmanuel; Jacoby, Hanan; Weather and child health in rural Nigeria; Oxford University Press; Journal of African Economies; 23; 4; 5-2014; 464-492
0963-8024
1464-3723
CONICET Digital
CONICET
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/89567
identifier_str_mv Rabassa, Mariano Javier; Skoufias, Emmanuel; Jacoby, Hanan; Weather and child health in rural Nigeria; Oxford University Press; Journal of African Economies; 23; 4; 5-2014; 464-492
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