Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health : Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania
This paper examines how parents' early childhood exposure to a refugee crisis impacts their children's health status. Based on Demographic and Health Survey data from Tanzania with the migration history of mothers and fathers, the analysi...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/520491575397140628/Intergenerational-Impact-of-Population-Shocks-on-Childrens-Health-Evidence-from-the-1993-2001-Refugee-Crisis-in-Tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33019 |
| Summary: | This paper examines how parents'
early childhood exposure to a refugee crisis impacts their
children's health status. Based on Demographic and
Health Survey data from Tanzania with the migration history
of mothers and fathers, the analysis exploits geographical,
time, and cohort variations using shock intensity and
distance from refugee camps to instrument treatment. The
findings show that children who were born to parents who
were living closer to refugee camps during their early
childhood have lower height for their age and are more
likely to be stunted. The results are robust to alternative
functional forms of the distance from camps, alternative
specifications of the treatment and control groups,
alternative cohorts of mothers, and several placebo tests. |
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