Early Rainfall Shocks and Later-Life Outcomes : Evidence from Colombia

Early Rainfall Shocks and Later-Life Outcomes : Evidence from Colombia

This paper uses birth cohorts spanning several hundred locations over 40 years to examine the long-term consequences of in utero exposure to abnormal rainfall events in Colombia. The identification strategy exploits exogenous variation in extreme droughts or floods experienced by individuals while i...

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Main Author: Carrillo, Bladimir
Format: Journal Article
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2021
Subjects:
DROUGHT
HEAVY PRECIPITATION
EARLY LIFE HEALTH
LATER-LIFE OUTCOMES
RAINFALL
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36077
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spelling okr-10986-360772021-08-07T05:10:30Z Early Rainfall Shocks and Later-Life Outcomes : Evidence from Colombia Carrillo, Bladimir DROUGHT HEAVY PRECIPITATION EARLY LIFE HEALTH LATER-LIFE OUTCOMES RAINFALL INCOME DISTRIBUTION This paper uses birth cohorts spanning several hundred locations over 40 years to examine the long-term consequences of in utero exposure to abnormal rainfall events in Colombia. The identification strategy exploits exogenous variation in extreme droughts or floods experienced by individuals while in utero in their birth location. The results indicate that individuals prenatally exposed to adverse rainfall shocks are more likely to report serious mental illness, have fewer years of schooling, display increased rates of illiteracy, and are less likely to work. These results are larger in magnitude for individuals born in areas with a higher risk of malaria, which is consistent with the notion that exposure to infectious and parasitic diseases may play an important role. 2021-08-06T20:54:50Z 2021-08-06T20:54:50Z 2020-02 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36077 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Latin America & Caribbean Colombia
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topic DROUGHT
HEAVY PRECIPITATION
EARLY LIFE HEALTH
LATER-LIFE OUTCOMES
RAINFALL
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
spellingShingle DROUGHT
HEAVY PRECIPITATION
EARLY LIFE HEALTH
LATER-LIFE OUTCOMES
RAINFALL
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
Carrillo, Bladimir
Early Rainfall Shocks and Later-Life Outcomes : Evidence from Colombia
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia
description This paper uses birth cohorts spanning several hundred locations over 40 years to examine the long-term consequences of in utero exposure to abnormal rainfall events in Colombia. The identification strategy exploits exogenous variation in extreme droughts or floods experienced by individuals while in utero in their birth location. The results indicate that individuals prenatally exposed to adverse rainfall shocks are more likely to report serious mental illness, have fewer years of schooling, display increased rates of illiteracy, and are less likely to work. These results are larger in magnitude for individuals born in areas with a higher risk of malaria, which is consistent with the notion that exposure to infectious and parasitic diseases may play an important role.
format Journal Article
author Carrillo, Bladimir
author_facet Carrillo, Bladimir
author_sort Carrillo, Bladimir
title Early Rainfall Shocks and Later-Life Outcomes : Evidence from Colombia
title_short Early Rainfall Shocks and Later-Life Outcomes : Evidence from Colombia
title_full Early Rainfall Shocks and Later-Life Outcomes : Evidence from Colombia
title_fullStr Early Rainfall Shocks and Later-Life Outcomes : Evidence from Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Early Rainfall Shocks and Later-Life Outcomes : Evidence from Colombia
title_sort early rainfall shocks and later-life outcomes : evidence from colombia
publisher Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate 2021
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36077
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