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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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Wiley
2001
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155640 |
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