Child growth in the time of drought
This paper examines the impact of rainfall shocks on a measure of child health, growth in height, drawing on a unique household panel data set from rural Zimbabwe. We find that children aged 12 to 24 months lose 1.5-2 cm of growth in the aftermath of a drought. Catch-up growth in these children is l...
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| author | Hoddinott, John F. Kinsey, Bill |
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| description | This paper examines the impact of rainfall shocks on a measure of child health, growth in height, drawing on a unique household panel data set from rural Zimbabwe. We find that children aged 12 to 24 months lose 1.5-2 cm of growth in the aftermath of a drought. Catch-up growth in these children is limited so that this growth faltering has a permanent effect. By contrast, there is no evidence that older children experience a slowdown in growth. There is some evidence that the loss in growth is unequally distributed with children residing in poorer households and offspring of women who are daughters of the household head appearing to be especially vulnerable. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1556402024-11-14T11:36:37Z Child growth in the time of drought Hoddinott, John F. Kinsey, Bill anthropometry human capital shock resilience This paper examines the impact of rainfall shocks on a measure of child health, growth in height, drawing on a unique household panel data set from rural Zimbabwe. We find that children aged 12 to 24 months lose 1.5-2 cm of growth in the aftermath of a drought. Catch-up growth in these children is limited so that this growth faltering has a permanent effect. By contrast, there is no evidence that older children experience a slowdown in growth. There is some evidence that the loss in growth is unequally distributed with children residing in poorer households and offspring of women who are daughters of the household head appearing to be especially vulnerable. 2001-09 2024-10-24T12:42:22Z 2024-10-24T12:42:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155640 en Limited Access Wiley Hoddinott, John F.; Kinsey, Bill. 2001. Child growth in the time of drought. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 63(4): 409-436. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0084.t01-1-00227 |
| spellingShingle | anthropometry human capital shock resilience Hoddinott, John F. Kinsey, Bill Child growth in the time of drought |
| title | Child growth in the time of drought |
| title_full | Child growth in the time of drought |
| title_fullStr | Child growth in the time of drought |
| title_full_unstemmed | Child growth in the time of drought |
| title_short | Child growth in the time of drought |
| title_sort | child growth in the time of drought |
| topic | anthropometry human capital shock resilience |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155640 |
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