Early-life exposure to weather shocks and child height: Evidence from industrializing Japan
Early-life exposure to weather shocks and child height: Evidence from industrializing Japan
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生命早期遭受的天气冲击与儿童身高：来自工业化日本的证据
DOI：
10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.11.001
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发表时间：
2019
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Yumitori Minami
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作者：
Ogasawara Kota;Yumitori Minami
在这项研究中，我们估计了早期生活暴露于天气冲击对小学生身高的长期影响。为了估计全球对一个工业化国家几乎所有儿童人口的影响，我们利用了日本6-11岁儿童的独特全国多维纵向数据集和20世纪20年代气象条件的官方月度统计数据。我们观察到，暴露于寒潮在生命早期施加发育迟缓的影响，男孩和女孩。在日本东北部最寒冷的地区，寒冷天气冲击对男孩和女孩的发育不良影响估计分别约为0.8和0.6厘米。我们的观察表明，产前（产后）暴露是重要的男孩（女孩）。我们的结果表明，寒潮的边缘效应在温暖的地区比在寒冷的地区更强。
In this study, we estimate the long-run effects of early-life exposure to weather shocks on the height of primary school children. To estimate the global impacts on almost the entire child population in an industrializing country, we utilize both a unique nationwide multi-dimensional longitudinal dataset of Japanese children aged 6–11 and official monthly statistics on meteorological conditions in the 1920s. We observe that the exposure to cold waves in early-life exerted stunting effects on both the boys and girls. In the coldest regions in the northeastern area of Japan, the stunting effects of cold weather shocks on the boys and girls are estimated to be approximately 0.8 and 0.6 cm, respectively. Our observation indicates that prenatal (postnatal) exposure is important for the boys (girls). Our results suggest that the marginal effects of cold waves are stronger in the warmer regions than in the colder regions.