Monsoon Babies : Rainfall Shocks and Child Nutrition in Nepal

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dc.creatorJacoby, Hanan G.
dc.creatorTiwari, Sailesh
dc.creatorSkoufias, Emmanuel
dc.date2013-04-11T20:53:06Z
dc.date2013-04-11T20:53:06Z
dc.date2013-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:32:04Z
dc.descriptionDo household consumption-smoothing strategies in poor countries entail significant long-run costs in terms of reduced human capital? This paper exploits the timing of monsoon rainfall shocks and the seasonal nature of agriculture to isolate income effects on early childhood anthropometric outcomes in rural Nepal and to provide evidence on the persistence of these effects into later childhood. Findings suggest that a 10 percent increase in rainfall from historic norms during the most recently completed monsoon leads to a 0.15 standard deviation increase in weight-for-age for children ages 0-36 months. This total impact consists of a negative "disease environment effect" of no more than 0.02 standard deviations and a positive "income effect" as high as 0.17 standard deviations. Consistent with this interpretation, excess monsoon rainfall also enhances child stature, but only if the monsoon rainfall shock is experienced in the second year of life. Moreover, this effect on child height is transitory, dissipating completely by age five.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17499922/monsoon-babies-rainfall-shocks-child-nutrition-nepal
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/13175
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-6395
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/405516
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6395
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectCHANNEL
dc.subjectCHANNELS
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEXCESS RAINFALL
dc.subjectEXCESSIVE RAINFALL
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectGLOBAL WARMING
dc.subjectHYDROLOGY
dc.subjectIMPACT OF RAINFALL
dc.subjectINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGY
dc.subjectMONSOON
dc.subjectMONSOONS
dc.subjectNUTRIENTS
dc.subjectPOTABLE WATER
dc.subjectPRECIPITATION
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectRAIN
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectRAINFALL DATA
dc.subjectRAINFALL EFFECTS
dc.subjectRAINFALL UNCERTAINTY
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectSEASON
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTEMPORAL VARIATION
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY
dc.subjectWATER SOURCES
dc.subjectWEATHER
dc.subjectWEATHER STATIONS
dc.subjectWELLS
dc.titleMonsoon Babies : Rainfall Shocks and Child Nutrition in Nepal

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