Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi : Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi

This paper combines household survey data with event data on the timing and location of armed conflicts to examine the impact of Burundi's civil war on children's health status. The identification strategy exploits exogenous variation in...

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Main Authors: Bundervoet, Tom, Verwimp, Philip, Akresh, Richard
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8977943/health-civil-war-rural-burundi-health-civil-war-rural-burundi
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spelling okr-10986-63942021-04-23T14:02:31Z Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi : Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi Bundervoet, Tom Verwimp, Philip Akresh, Richard ADULT HEALTH AGE DISTRIBUTION AGED ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS BOMBING CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS CONFLICT CONFLICT RESEARCH COUNTERPARTS DEATHS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY PREGNANCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELECTIONS FAMINE FEMALE CHILDREN FIGHTING GENERATION OF CHILDREN GENOCIDE GUERRILLA HEALTH IMPACT HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SYSTEMS HOUSEHOLD CONTROLS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN GROWTH IMPACT OF CONFLICT IMPACT ON CHILDREN INCOME INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFLUENZA INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY MALNUTRITION MARITAL STATUS MASSACRE MASSACRES MINORITY NATIONS NEGOTIATIONS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBESITY OLD AGE PANDEMIC PEACE PENSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR HEALTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY STATUS PREGNANCY PROGRESS PUBLIC POLICY REBEL RECONSTRUCTION RURAL RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL PROVINCES SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STRUCTURAL REFORMS TELEVISION VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WAR WARFARE WARS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN This paper combines household survey data with event data on the timing and location of armed conflicts to examine the impact of Burundi's civil war on children's health status. The identification strategy exploits exogenous variation in the war's timing across provinces and the exposure of children's birth cohorts to the fighting. After controlling for province of residence, birth cohort, individual and household characteristics, and province-specific time trends, the authors find that children exposed to the war have on average 0.515 standard deviations lower height-for-age z-scores than non-exposed children. This negative effect is robust to specifications exploiting alternative sources of exogenous variation. 2012-05-24T21:32:37Z 2012-05-24T21:32:37Z 2008-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8977943/health-civil-war-rural-burundi-health-civil-war-rural-burundi http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6394 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4500 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Burundi
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topic ADULT HEALTH
AGE DISTRIBUTION
AGED
ARMED CONFLICT
ARMED CONFLICTS
BOMBING
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD LABOR
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CIVIL CONFLICT
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
CONFLICT
CONFLICT RESEARCH
COUNTERPARTS
DEATHS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISABILITY
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY PREGNANCY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELECTIONS
FAMINE
FEMALE CHILDREN
FIGHTING
GENERATION OF CHILDREN
GENOCIDE
GUERRILLA
HEALTH IMPACT
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HOUSEHOLD CONTROLS
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN GROWTH
IMPACT OF CONFLICT
IMPACT ON CHILDREN
INCOME
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFLUENZA
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
MALNUTRITION
MARITAL STATUS
MASSACRE
MASSACRES
MINORITY
NATIONS
NEGOTIATIONS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OBESITY
OLD AGE
PANDEMIC
PEACE
PENSIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
POOR HEALTH
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
POVERTY STATUS
PREGNANCY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC POLICY
REBEL
RECONSTRUCTION
RURAL
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL PROVINCES
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
TELEVISION
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT CONFLICT
WAR
WARFARE
WARS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG CHILDREN
spellingShingle ADULT HEALTH
AGE DISTRIBUTION
AGED
ARMED CONFLICT
ARMED CONFLICTS
BOMBING
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD LABOR
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CIVIL CONFLICT
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
CONFLICT
CONFLICT RESEARCH
COUNTERPARTS
DEATHS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISABILITY
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY PREGNANCY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELECTIONS
FAMINE
FEMALE CHILDREN
FIGHTING
GENERATION OF CHILDREN
GENOCIDE
GUERRILLA
HEALTH IMPACT
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HOUSEHOLD CONTROLS
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN GROWTH
IMPACT OF CONFLICT
IMPACT ON CHILDREN
INCOME
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFLUENZA
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
MALNUTRITION
MARITAL STATUS
MASSACRE
MASSACRES
MINORITY
NATIONS
NEGOTIATIONS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OBESITY
OLD AGE
PANDEMIC
PEACE
PENSIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
POOR HEALTH
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
POVERTY STATUS
PREGNANCY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC POLICY
REBEL
RECONSTRUCTION
RURAL
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL PROVINCES
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
TELEVISION
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT CONFLICT
WAR
WARFARE
WARS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG CHILDREN
Bundervoet, Tom
Verwimp, Philip
Akresh, Richard
Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi : Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi
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Burundi
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4500
description This paper combines household survey data with event data on the timing and location of armed conflicts to examine the impact of Burundi's civil war on children's health status. The identification strategy exploits exogenous variation in the war's timing across provinces and the exposure of children's birth cohorts to the fighting. After controlling for province of residence, birth cohort, individual and household characteristics, and province-specific time trends, the authors find that children exposed to the war have on average 0.515 standard deviations lower height-for-age z-scores than non-exposed children. This negative effect is robust to specifications exploiting alternative sources of exogenous variation.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Bundervoet, Tom
Verwimp, Philip
Akresh, Richard
author_facet Bundervoet, Tom
Verwimp, Philip
Akresh, Richard
author_sort Bundervoet, Tom
title Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi : Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi
title_short Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi : Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi
title_full Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi : Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi
title_fullStr Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi : Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi
title_full_unstemmed Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi : Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi
title_sort health and civil war in rural burundi : health and civil war in rural burundi
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8977943/health-civil-war-rural-burundi-health-civil-war-rural-burundi
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6394
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