We provide new evidence on the impact of one severe weather shock on child height in Mongolia. Our focus is on the extremely harsh winter - locally referred to as dzud - of 2009/10, which caused more than 23 percent of the national livestock to perish. This resulted in a food insecurity...

Schocks, die während der frühen Kindheit erlebt werden, können das Wachstum von Kindern langfristig schädigen. Wir untersuchen die möglichen Auswirkungen extremer Wetterphänomene auf das Wachstum von Kindern am Beispiel der Mongolei, die häufig von extremen Wintern heimgesucht wird. Unser...

This paper investigates the impact of a devastating weather shock on child anthropometrics, using data from Mongolia. We employ a diff-in-diff strategy to identify the effect of an extremely harsh winter in 2010, which caused the death of about 20 percent of the national livestock. Results...

This paper investigates the impact of indemnity payments from index insurance on the asset recovery of households after a catastrophic weather disaster occurs. Our focus is on the Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) in Mongolia. We analyze the effect of IBLI indemnity payments after a...

This paper analyzes the short- and long-term impact of extreme weather events on educational outcomes in Mongolia. Our focus is on two extremely severe winters that caused mass livestock mortality. We use household panel data with comprehensive retrospective information on households’ historic...

This paper investigates the impact of indemnity payments from index insurance on the asset recovery of households after a catastrophic weather disaster occurs. Our focus is on the Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) in Mongolia. We analyze the effect of IBLI indemnity payments after a...

This paper analyzes the short- and long-term impact of extreme weather events on educational outcomes in Mongolia. Our focus is on two extremely severe winters that caused mass livestock mortality. We use household panel data with comprehensive retrospective information on households' historic...

Schocks, die während der frühen Kindheit erlebt werden, können das Wachstum von Kindern langfristig schädigen. Wir untersuchen die möglichen Auswirkungen extremer Wetterphänomene auf das Wachstum von Kindern am Beispiel der Mongolei, die häufig von extremen Wintern heimgesucht wird. Unser...

Shocks experienced during early childhood can harm children's growth over the long term. We examine the potential impact of extreme weather events on children's growth, taking the example of Mongolia, which is frequently plagued by extreme winters. Our focus is on the unusually harsh winter of...

Shocks experienced during early childhood can harm the long term growth of children. We examine the potential impact of extreme weather events on children’s height,taking the example of Mongolia, which is frequently plagued by extreme winters. Our focus is on the unusually harsh winter of...