This paper considers the impact of exposure to violent conflict in utero, and after birth, on a range of fetal and child health inputs and outcomes, using the Maoist insurgency that aected Nepal between 1996 and 2006 as a case study. Conflict intensity is measured by the number of conflict...

This paper measures the degree of inequality of opportunity in birthweight and birthlength for a sample of Irish infants. The sample is partitioned into eight types by mothers’ education and mothers’ smoking status. Stochastic dominance tests reveal the presence of...