negative effect of the shock is strongest for children from herding households. Moreover, we explore the role of mitigation … channels to cushion the impact of the weather shock. In households where the head has more experience in herding, children … better able to protect their children from the effect of the shock. Finally, both the amount of emergency aid delivered per …

We provide new evidence on the impact of one severe weather shock on child height in Mongolia. Our focus is on the … experienced head are better able to protect their children from the negative consequences of the 2009/10 winter shock. There are … effects by exploiting exogenous variation in the intensity of the shock across time and space. Results reveal that the shock …