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

health capital. Individuals exposed to the war at all ages between birth and adolescence exhibit reduced adult stature and …

Ethiopia) to measure the conflict's impact on children's health in both nations. The identification strategy uses event data to …

health capital. Individuals exposed to the war at all ages between birth and adolescence exhibit reduced adult stature and …

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 …

health, the largest impacts stem from adolescent exposure. …

health, the largest impacts stem from adolescent exposure …

We examine the causal impact of the 2002-2007 civil conflict in Côte d'Ivoire on children's health using household … health setbacks compared with children from less affected regions. We further examine possible war impact mechanisms using … in particular economic losses, is an important channel through which armed conflict negatively impacts child health …