Weather shocks and child nutrition: Evidence from Tanzania

Aimable Nsabimana and Justice Tei Mensah

No wp-2020-57, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Child nutrition; Tanzania; Weather shock (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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