Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health : Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania (English)

This paper examines how parents' early childhood exposure to a refugee crisis impacts their children's health status. Based on Demographic and Health Survey data from Tanzania with the migration history of mothers and fathers, the analysis exploits geographical, time, and cohort variations using shock intensity and distance from refugee camps to instrument treatment. The findings show that children who were born to parents who were living closer to...
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  • Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise;
    Verme,Paolo;

  • 2019/12/03

  • Policy Research Working Paper

  • WPS9075

  • 1

  • 1

  • World,

  • Other,

  • 2019/12/03

  • Disclosed

  • Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health : Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania

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Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise; Verme,Paolo.

Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health : Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9075|Impact Evaluation series Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/520491575397140628

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