Malnutrition pathway for the impact of in utero drought shock on child growth indicators in rural households

Abiona, O

Malnutrition pathway for the impact of in utero drought shock on child growth indicators in rural households

Abiona, O

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Publisher:: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Environment and Development Economics, 2021, pp. 1-20
Issue Date:: 2021-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Abiona, O https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1696-4475
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-17T21:47:37Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-17T21:47:37Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Environment and Development Economics, 2021, pp. 1-20
dc.identifier.issn	1355-770X
dc.identifier.issn	1469-4395
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/153221
dc.description.abstract	This paper evaluates the short-Term health effects of in utero drought shock using repeated cross-section household data on Malawi. The main finding reveals that the effects of in utero harvest variability caused by rainfall shocks on child growth indices are driven by the deleterious effects of negative rainfall deviations, namely droughts. Negative rainfall deviation during the agricultural season prior to the gestational period of a child leads to a 21.8 per cent average local level reduction in age-standardized height scores, with the counterpart positive rainfall deviation having no apparent effect. The paper also uses harvest and consumption patterns to establish an important link between early-life malnutrition and growth serving as a precursor for the fetal period programming hypothesis in the literature. The direct impact of embryonic period shocks on growth provides supportive evidence on potential interaction between nutritional and environmental pathways.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
dc.relation.ispartof	Environment and Development Economics
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1017/S1355770X20000571
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	0502 Environmental Science and Management, 1402 Applied Economics, 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment
dc.subject.classification	Agricultural Economics & Policy
dc.title	Malnutrition pathway for the impact of in utero drought shock on child growth indicators in rural households
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHERE - Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
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dc.date.updated	2022-01-17T21:47:36Z
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Abstract:

This paper evaluates the short-Term health effects of in utero drought shock using repeated cross-section household data on Malawi. The main finding reveals that the effects of in utero harvest variability caused by rainfall shocks on child growth indices are driven by the deleterious effects of negative rainfall deviations, namely droughts. Negative rainfall deviation during the agricultural season prior to the gestational period of a child leads to a 21.8 per cent average local level reduction in age-standardized height scores, with the counterpart positive rainfall deviation having no apparent effect. The paper also uses harvest and consumption patterns to establish an important link between early-life malnutrition and growth serving as a precursor for the fetal period programming hypothesis in the literature. The direct impact of embryonic period shocks on growth provides supportive evidence on potential interaction between nutritional and environmental pathways.

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