The effects of weather shocks on early childhood development: Evidence from 25 years of tropical storms in Jamaica.
Econ Hum Biol
; 37: 100851, 2020 05.
Article
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| ID: mdl-32058924
This study analyses the effects of exposure to tropical storms and hurricanes during pregnancy on children's anthropometric measures taken within the first five years of life. We merge destruction indexes calculated at the district level with 13 yearly rounds of household level surveys from Jamaica. The empirical strategy exploits variation arising from the storms' timing and intensity across different cohorts within the same district. The findings rule out medium-to-large overall adverse effects of tropical storms. However, when expectant mothers living in coastal-rural areas are affected by the cumulative destruction of two hurricanes, their children experience negative impacts on both weight-for-age and weight-for-height measures.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tempo (Meteorologia)
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Desenvolvimento Infantil
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Tempestades Ciclônicas
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Experiências Adversas da Infância
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Econ Hum Biol
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
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CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Holanda