In this paper we examine the effects that variations in the quality of the environment at birth have on children …'s other-regarding preferences, as measured through four binary-choice dictator games run with school-age children in rural … Sierra Leone. We examine the effect of exogenous variations in rainfall level by location and year on children's social …

health outcomes after age fifty. Having lived in a children s home, in a foster family, or having suffered a period of hunger …In this paper we address the long-run effects of childhood shocks on health in late adulthood. Applying a life … and later health into a-priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks have opposite effects for specific groups. …

, dispossession, or hunger and health outcomes after 50 years of age. Having lived in a children’s home, in a foster family, or having …In this article, we address the long-run associations between childhood shocks and health in late adulthood. Applying a … correlations between shocks and later health into a priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks show opposite relations …