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 … explored by studying how exposure to the El Niño shock affected key inputs to the production of children's human capital: birth …

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 … explored by studying how exposure to the El Nino shock affected key inputs to the production of children's human capital: birth …

, and thus of their children, but evidence on this from low- and middle-income countries is scarce. We estimate the effect …

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper … negative human capital shock and examine their parents response behavior. To identify causal effects we can rely on exogenous … response to the shock. Families with low socioeconomic status reduced their family size, while families with higher …

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper … negative human capital shock and examine their parents' response behavior. To identify causal effects we can rely on exogenous … response to the shock. Families with low socioeconomic status reduced their family size, while families with higher …

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. In this paper … negative human capital shock and examine their parents' response behavior. To identify causal effects we can rely on exogenous … response to the shock. Families with low socioeconomic status reduced their family size, while families with higher …

Little is known about the response behavior of parents whose children are exposed to an early-life shock. We interpret … capital shock and examine their parents' response behavior. To identify causal effects, we can rely on exogenous variation in … of the long-term effects of early-life shocks on children. These estimates should only be interpreted as reduced …