This study analyzes the effects of exposure to tropical storms and hurricanes during pregnancy on children … living in coastal-rural areas are affected by at least two hurricanes, their children are 56 percentage points more likely to … show low birth weight. Furthermore, these children also experience negative impacts on anthropometric measurements taken …

We estimate the short-run effects of severe weather shocks on local economic activity and assess cross …-border spillovers operating through economic linkages between U.S. states. We measure weather shocks using a detailed county … weather shocks hitting individual regions. We also show that (i) taking into account economic interconnections between states …

This paper examines how rural households cope with climate change related rainfall shocks by re-allocating children …

regarding the quantity and quality of parental time investment on the skill formation of their children. Traditional models of … children vis-à-vis home production. This paper finds that, similarly to higher-income countries, there is a positive education … better care for their children, thus increasing the socioeconomic gap. …

children can amplify existing inequalities across generations. Third, inequality can exist even within families, and the …

targeted caregivers of children aged 6 to 15 in vulnerable communities in the country. Treated caregivers were visited by a … their children for misbehaving. The effect is greater for caregivers with higher pre-intervention levels of coercive … of school-aged children in highly violent middle-income settings. …

mental health but observed a decrease in physical violence against children among female caregivers. While these findings …

access to piped water or sanitation, and traced out the benefits to children, including surviving children, over time. …

children's health and cognitive outcomes, and explores whether shocks at certain periods matter more than others. The paper … variation in children's exposure to a negative shock at different periods early in life. It is shown that children exposed to …, children affected by the floods in the first trimester of pregnancy score lower on cognitive tests. Potential mechanisms are …