Abstract:Climatic variability has been shown to affect many underlying determinants of child malnutrition, including food availability, access, and utilization. Evidence of the effects of changing temperatures and precipitation on children’s nutritional status nonetheless remains limited. Research addressing this knowledge gap is merited given the short- and long-run consequences of malnutrition. We contribute to the literature on this issue by estimating the effects of temperature and precipitation anomalies on the we… Show more
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