This paper provides estimates of the long-term effects on height and health of a large income shock experienced in … regional variation in the timing of this shock to identify its effects. We examine the effects on the adult height, health, and …, but it did not affect other dimensions of health, including life expectancy. We find that, at age 20, those born in …

documents the long-run health effects of early life exposure to drought and investigates an important source of heterogeneity in … variation, I estimate long-run health impacts of drought exposure among Africans confined to homelands during apartheid. Drought … long-run effects on health human capital, migrant networks in poor economies provide one channel through which families …

The channels by which better health leads to higher income, and those by which higher income protects health status …, are of interest to both researchers and policy makers. In general, quantifying the impact of income on health is difficult …, given the simultaneous determination of health and income. In this paper, we quantify the impact on health status of a large …