Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health : Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania

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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Main Authors: Wang Sonne, Soazic Elise, Verme, Paolo
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
REFUGEES
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
HEALTH OUTCOMES
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
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spelling okr-10986-330192022-09-20T00:15:09Z Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health : Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania Wang Sonne, Soazic Elise Verme, Paolo EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT REFUGEES FORCED DISPLACEMENT HEALTH OUTCOMES 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. 2019-12-13T21:31:03Z 2019-12-13T21:31:03Z 2019-12 Working Paper 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 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9075 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Tanzania
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topic EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
REFUGEES
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
HEALTH OUTCOMES
spellingShingle EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
REFUGEES
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
HEALTH OUTCOMES
Wang Sonne, Soazic Elise
Verme, Paolo
Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health : Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania
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relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9075
description 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.
format Working Paper
author Wang Sonne, Soazic Elise
Verme, Paolo
author_facet Wang Sonne, Soazic Elise
Verme, Paolo
author_sort Wang Sonne, Soazic Elise
title Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health : Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania
title_short Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health : Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania
title_full Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health : Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania
title_fullStr Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health : Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health : Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania
title_sort intergenerational impact of population shocks on children's health : evidence from the 1993-2001 refugee crisis in tanzania
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url 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
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