survivors health is crucial for the design of post-war economic policies. This paper investigates this question for the … years of life have a weaker health, reflected by a lower height for age z-score (HAZ). Using the Infancy Childhood Puberty … indicates that months of civil war before a woman's birth also have a negative impact on her health highlighting the importance …

The authors use data from three waves of the India National Family Health Survey to explore the relationship between … the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon … variations in affecting environmental conditions at the time of birth and determining the health outcomes of young children in …

Despite the popularity of school meals, little evidence exists on their effect on health outcomes. This study uses … ameliorated the deterioration of health in young children caused by a severe drought. Correcting for self-selection into the … for children, providing large and significant health gains for children whose families suffered from drought. …

Nutrition and health are important dimensions of human well-being. Both aspects are complementary to income and deserve …

. Evidence on intervening pathways suggests that health rather than schooling is the most important channel in connecting early …

Economic shocks at birth have lasting impacts on children’s health several years after the shock. We calculate height … poor households. There is no impact of these shocks on boys’ health status. Results are robust to using household level …

Burundi’s civil war on children’s health status. The identification strategy exploits exogenous variation in the war’s timing …

Economic shocks at birth have lasting impacts on children’s health several years after the shock. We calculate height … poor households. There is no impact of these shocks on boys’ health status. Results are robust to using household level …