Weather shocks and child nutrition: Evidence from Tanzania

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In this paper, we examine the relationship between childhood exposure to adverse weather shocks and nutritional and health outcomes of children in Tanzania. Using household panel data matched with spatially disaggregated data on weather shocks, we exploit the plausibly exogenous variations in the exposure to weather shocks to estimate the relationship. Our results reveal a positive association between exposure to dry weather shocks and stunting among children. The effects are profound in the first 12 months after childbirth. The findings, however, indicate that wet shocks such as flooding have no discernible impact on child health.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9256-814-6
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2020/57

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Health and Economic Development ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming ; Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
• Subject: child nutrition ; Tanzania ; weather shocks

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Nsabimana, Aimable ; Mensah, Justice Tei
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2020

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2020/814-6
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/229281
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET