Rabassa, MarianoSkoufias, EmmanuelJacoby, Hanan G.2013-01-022013-01-022012-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12051The effect of weather shocks on children's anthropometrics is investigated using the two most recent rounds of the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. For this purpose, climate data for each survey cluster are interpolated using daily weather-station records from the national network. The findings reveal that rainfall shocks have a statistically significant and robust impact on child health in the short run for both weight-for-height and height-for-age, and the incidence of diarrhea. The impacts of weather shocks on health are of considerable magnitude; however, children seem to catch up with their cohort rapidly after experiencing a shock. The paper does not find any evidence of nonlinear impacts of weather variability on children's health, suggesting that a moderate increase in future rainfall variability is not likely to bring additional health costs. Finally, it appears that the impact of these shocks is the same for young boys and girls, which suggests that there is no gender-based discrimination in the allocation of resources within households.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGE GROUPSAGEDAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAIRALTITUDEAMOUNT OF RAINFALLANNUAL PRECIPITATIONARID CLIMATEAVERAGE RAINFALLBIRTH WEIGHTBLINDNESSBREASTFEEDINGCHILD HEALTHCHOLERACLIMATECLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE DATACLIMATE MODELINGCLIMATE MODELSCLIMATE VARIABILITYCLIMATE VARIABLESCLIMATESCLIMATIC CONDITIONSCLIMATOLOGYCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKCONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGECONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGEDENGUEDENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVERDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDIARRHEADIARRHEAL DISEASESDISEASEDISEASE CONTROLDISEASE OUTBREAKSDISEASE VECTORSECOLOGYECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC CONSEQUENCESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMICSENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCEEPIDEMICEPIDEMIOLOGYEXCESS RAINFALLEXCESSIVE RAINFALLEXTREME DROUGHTEXTREME EVENTSEXTREME HEATEXTREME PRECIPITATIONEXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTSEXTREME TEMPERATUREEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFAMILY PLANNINGFEMALESFLOODSFUTURE CLIMATE VARIABILITYGCMGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL WARMINGHAZARDSHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SURVEYSHIGH TEMPERATURESHUMAN BIOLOGYHYGIENEIMMUNE SYSTEMIMMUNIZATIONIMMUNOLOGYIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACT OF RAINFALLIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINFECTIOUS DISEASESINJURIESINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEINTERVENTIONIPCCLABOR MARKETSLEPTOSPIROSISLIFE EXPECTANCYLONG-TERM RAINFALLLONGEVITYLUNG DISEASEMALARIAMALARIA INCIDENCEMALNUTRITIONMATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTHMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL TREATMENTMENINGITISMIGRATIONMINIMUM TEMPERATURESMORBIDITYMORTALITYNEGATIVE EFFECTSNEGATIVE IMPACTNEGATIVE IMPACTSNUTRIENTSNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCYNUTRITIONAL STATUSNUTRITIONISTSOLDER CHILDRENONCHOCERCIASISORAL REHYDRATIONORAL REHYDRATION THERAPYOZONEPARASITESPEDIATRICSPHYSIOLOGYPLANT GROWTHPNEUMONIAPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOPULATION DYNAMICSPPPREGNANCYPREVALENCEPUBLIC GOODSPUBLIC HEALTHQUALITY ASSESSMENTRAINRAINFALLRAINFALL DATARAINFALL DEFICIENCIESRAINFALL DISTRIBUTIONRAINFALL FLUCTUATIONSRAINFALL PATTERNSRAINFALL REGIMERAINFALL VARIABILITYRAINY SEASONRAINY SEASONSRESPIRATORY DISEASERESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONSRIVER BLINDNESSRURAL COMMUNITIESSEASONSEXSKIN DISORDERSSTARVATIONSTDSTORMSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSYMPTOMSSYMPTOMS OF ILLNESSTEMPERATURE INCREASETEMPERATURE RECORDSTEMPERATURE VARIATIONTEMPERATURESTHEORETICAL MODELSTYPHOIDTYPHOID FEVERVECTORSWATER-BORNE DISEASEWATER-BORNE DISEASESWATERBORNE DISEASESWEATHER CONDITIONSWEATHER PATTERNSWORKERSYELLOW FEVERWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6214