Child Schooling, Child Health, and Rainfall Shocks: Evidence from Rural Vietnam
Child Schooling, Child Health, and Rainfall Shocks: Evidence from Rural Vietnam
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儿童入学、儿童健康和降雨冲击：来自越南农村的证据
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2011
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E. Falaris
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Thuan Thai;E. Falaris
摘要我们研究了降雨冲击对越南农村儿童就学结果和标准化年龄身高(衡量儿童健康的指标)的影响。我们发现，怀孕期间的不利降雨冲击对儿童入学延迟和学业进步产生了不利影响。生命第三年的不利降雨冲击对学校教育和儿童健康都有不利影响。由于反映区域经济异质性的制约因素，这些影响因地区而异。我们预测，帮助农村家庭缓解收入冲击的政策将导致人力资本的增加，并在工人的工作生涯中带来可观的累积回报。
Abstract We study the effect of rainfall shocks on child schooling outcomes and on standardised height for age (a measure of child health) in rural Vietnam. We find that adverse rainfall shocks during pregnancy adversely affect children’s school entry delay and progress through school. Adverse rainfall shocks in the third year of life adversely affect both schooling and child health. These effects differ by region, as a result of constraints that reflect regional economic heterogeneity. We predict that policies that help rural families smooth income shocks will result in increases in human capital and in substantial cumulative returns over a worker’s working life.