Adverse Effects of Early Life Extreme Precipitation Shocks on Short-term Health and Adulthood Welfare Outcomes

Abiona, O

Adverse Effects of Early Life Extreme Precipitation Shocks on Short-term Health and Adulthood Welfare Outcomes

Abiona, O

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Citation:: Review of Development Economics, 2017, 21 (4), pp. 1229 - 1254
Issue Date:: 2017-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Abiona, O https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1696-4475	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Review of Development Economics, 2017, 21 (4), pp. 1229 - 1254	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1363-6669	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/123396
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This paper examines the impact of exposure to early life rainfall shock on children's anthropometric growth status and other welfare outcomes. The study exploits World Bank repeated cross-section household data on Malawi and exogenous variation in precipitation measures across localities to identify the impact of drought and flood shocks on health, schooling and satisfaction levels. Our main estimate for children's anthropometric growth reveals that an incidence of drought shock leads to a resultant average decrease of 15%, 17% and 43% in age-standardized weight z-scores for shocks experienced at in-utero stage, first and second years respectively. Correspondingly, the relative impacts of an incidence of drought shock on age-standardized height z-scores are 14%, 15% and 27%. In contrast, the impacts of flood shock on each of these outcomes deteriorate over the outlined reference periods. On the adult dimension, we find that adults who face in-utero drought shock are more likely to have greater school entry delays and be unhappy with their current economic situations. However, this adulthood result pertains to male adults in our sample.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Review of Development Economics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/rode.12310	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Development Studies	en_US
dc.title	Adverse Effects of Early Life Extreme Precipitation Shocks on Short-term Health and Adulthood Welfare Outcomes	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	21	en_US
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics	en_US
utslib.for	1401 Economic Theory	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHERE - Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
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pubs.issue	4	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	21	en_US

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© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This paper examines the impact of exposure to early life rainfall shock on children's anthropometric growth status and other welfare outcomes. The study exploits World Bank repeated cross-section household data on Malawi and exogenous variation in precipitation measures across localities to identify the impact of drought and flood shocks on health, schooling and satisfaction levels. Our main estimate for children's anthropometric growth reveals that an incidence of drought shock leads to a resultant average decrease of 15%, 17% and 43% in age-standardized weight z-scores for shocks experienced at in-utero stage, first and second years respectively. Correspondingly, the relative impacts of an incidence of drought shock on age-standardized height z-scores are 14%, 15% and 27%. In contrast, the impacts of flood shock on each of these outcomes deteriorate over the outlined reference periods. On the adult dimension, we find that adults who face in-utero drought shock are more likely to have greater school entry delays and be unhappy with their current economic situations. However, this adulthood result pertains to male adults in our sample.

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