Weather and child health in rural Nigeria

Autores
Jacoby, Hanan G.; Rabassa, Mariano; Skoufias, Emmanuel
Año de publicación
2014
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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Fil: Jacoby, Hanan G. World Bank; Estados Unidos
Fil: Rabassa, Mariano. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Investigación Francisco Valsecchi; Argentina
Fil: Rabassa, Mariano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Skoufias, Emmanuel. World Bank; Estados Unidos
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.
Fuente
Journal of African Economies. Vol. 23, No.4, 2014
Materia
CAMBIO CLIMATICO
NIÑOS
SALUD
CLIMA
LLUVIA
ZONAS RURALES
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acceso abierto
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Repositorio Institucional (UCA)
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
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spelling Weather and child health in rural NigeriaJacoby, Hanan G.Rabassa, MarianoSkoufias, EmmanuelCAMBIO CLIMATICONIÑOSSALUDCLIMALLUVIAZONAS RURALESFil: Jacoby, Hanan G. World Bank; Estados UnidosFil: Rabassa, Mariano. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Investigación Francisco Valsecchi; ArgentinaFil: Rabassa, Mariano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Skoufias, Emmanuel. World Bank; Estados UnidosAbstract: 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.Oxford University Press. Centre for the Study of African Economies2014info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/91500963-8024https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/eju005Jacoby, H. G. Rabassa, M. Skoufias, E. Weather and child health in rural Nigeria [en línea]. Journal of African Economies. 2014, 23 (4). doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/eju005. Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/9150Journal of African Economies. Vol. 23, No.4, 2014reponame:Repositorio Institucional (UCA)instname:Pontificia Universidad Católica ArgentinaengNigeriainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/2025-07-03T10:57:02Zoai:ucacris:123456789/9150instacron:UCAInstitucionalhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/Universidad privadaNo correspondehttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/oaiclaudia_fernandez@uca.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:25852025-07-03 10:57:02.673Repositorio Institucional (UCA) - Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentinafalse
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
Jacoby, Hanan G.
CAMBIO CLIMATICO
NIÑOS
SALUD
CLIMA
LLUVIA
ZONAS RURALES
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 Jacoby, Hanan G.
Rabassa, Mariano
Skoufias, Emmanuel
author Jacoby, Hanan G.
author_facet Jacoby, Hanan G.
Rabassa, Mariano
Skoufias, Emmanuel
author_role author
author2 Rabassa, Mariano
Skoufias, Emmanuel
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CAMBIO CLIMATICO
NIÑOS
SALUD
CLIMA
LLUVIA
ZONAS RURALES
topic CAMBIO CLIMATICO
NIÑOS
SALUD
CLIMA
LLUVIA
ZONAS RURALES
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fil: Jacoby, Hanan G. World Bank; Estados Unidos
Fil: Rabassa, Mariano. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Investigación Francisco Valsecchi; Argentina
Fil: Rabassa, Mariano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Skoufias, Emmanuel. World Bank; Estados Unidos
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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