War and Stature: Growing Up during the Nigerian Civil War

Akresh, Richard; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Leone, Marinella; Osili, Una

doi:10.1257/aer.102.3.273

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“…Studies of adolescents exposed to famine provide compelling evidence of the persisting effects on adult height of severe undernutrition during adolescence 30 . Equally, follow-up of the offspring of parents exposed to the Chinese (1959)(1960)(1961) and Cambodian (1975Cambodian ( -1979 famines suggest intergenerational risks, with rates of stunting greatest in those whose parents were exposed during adolescence 31,32 .…”

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Adolescence and the next generation

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Adolescent growth and social development shape the early development of offspring from preconception through to the post-partum period through distinct processes in males and females. At a time of great change in the forces shaping adolescence, including the timing of parenthood, investments in today’s adolescents, the largest cohort in human history, will yield great dividends for future generations.

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Adolescence and the next generation

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Skirbekk

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Nature

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“…However, the time window for such interventions to be effective is short (Martorell 1997). Studies from various empirical contexts have documented that malnutrition during early childhood can lead to reduced school outcomes (Alderman et al 2006), lower stature in adulthood (Akresh et al 2012a;Alderman et al 2006;Dercon and Porter 2014), and worse health status as adults (Dercon and Porter 2014;Maccini and Yang 2009). These outcomes are in turn correlated with lower productivity and lower long-term income-earning capabilities (Strauss and Thomas 2008).…”

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“…Thus, our analysis bridges and contributes to related fields of research on household strategies to cope with shocks (e.g., Cameron and Worswick 2003;Carter et al 2007;Carter and Maluccio 2003;Takasaki et al 2004) and on the effects of food aid (e.g., Quisumbing 2003;Yamano et al 2005). In contrast, many existing studies on the impact of shocks on child anthropometrics use Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) (Akresh et al 2012a;Akresh et al 2012b;Rabassa et al 2014;Tiwari et al 2013). The limitation of DHS data is that a standardized questionnaire is employed, which records few information on the socio-economic characteristics of households and their exposure to shocks.…”

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Extreme Weather Events and Child Height: Evidence from Mongolia

Groppo

Kraehnert

2016

World Development

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractWe provide new evidence on the impact of one severe weather shock on child height in Mongolia. Our focus is on the extremely harsh winter -locally referred to as dzud -of 2009/10, which caused more than 23 percent of the national livestock to perish. This resulted in a food insecurity situation for many Mongolian households. Our analysis identifies causal effects by exploiting exogenous variation in the intensity of the shock across time and space. Results reveal that the shock significantly slowed the growth trajectory of exposed children from herding households. This negative effect is still observable three years after the shock and, hence, likely to persist. Moreover, we explore the role of socioeconomic characteristics and mitigation channels to cushion the impact of the weather shock. Wealthier households and households led by a more experienced head are better able to protect their children from the negative consequences of the 2009/10 winter shock. There are also gender-specific effects, with boys more strongly affected than girls. There is indicative evidence showing that the provision of emergency aid mitigates the negative consequences of the dzud. Moreover, child height has a significant and positive association with households' receipt of informal help. Our findings are robust to alternative measures of shock intensity.

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“…6 See e. g. Gustafson et al (2001) and Akresh et al (2012Akresh et al ( ). et al (2002 show that conflicts prompt the diversion of funds from productive to unproductive uses.…”

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Re-Evaluating the Economic Costs of Conflicts

Fonseca

Baskaran

2015

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. countries, we find that conflicts strongly reduce light output in settlements directly affected by fighting over the period 1992-2008. In addition, conflicts have large negative spillovers both across and within countries: light output in settlements not directly exposed to fighting declines significantly once a conflict begins; neighboring countries also experience large negative effects. The negative effects of conflicts are particularly pronounced in Eastern Europe, but also observable in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South and South-East Asia. In contrast, conflicts have, on average, no negative effects on light output in the Middle East and in the West. Terms of use: Documents inWe contrast these results with cross-country regressions with GDP data, which suggest much smaller negative effects of conflicts.

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War and Stature: Growing Up during the Nigerian Civil War

Cited by 213 publications

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Adolescence and the next generation

Adolescence and the next generation

Extreme Weather Events and Child Height: Evidence from Mongolia

Re-Evaluating the Economic Costs of Conflicts

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