Family resources, food security, and child health during periods of temperature change and adverse climate conditions

摘要 该项目将使用赞比亚和赞比亚贫困家庭现金转移的随机对照试验的数据 肯尼亚将测试这些计划是否可以保护粮食安全、儿童健康和青年生命周期过渡 在气候条件恶劣的时期。具体地说，我们将把这些家庭的纵向数据联系起来 对温度和降水暴露的每日高分辨率数据进行了两次地理分散的试验。 然后，我们将利用转移的随机化和气候的有效随机化。 社区一级的异常情况，以测试转移是否会改变气候冲击对一组丰富的 家庭、儿童和青年成果。这将是第一个测试转移率的研究 可以保护儿童和青少年免受温度暴露，并将直接提供给正在进行的全球 关于如何最好地保护弱势群体免受气候变化影响的对话。

SUMMARY This project will use data from randomized controlled trials of cash transfers to poor households in Zambia and Kenya to test whether these programs can protect food security, child health and youth lifecourse transitions during periods of adverse climate conditions. Specifically, we will link longitudinal household data from these two geographically dispersed trials to daily, high-resolution data on temperature and precipitation exposures. We will then take advantage of the randomization of transfers and the effective randomization of climate anomalies at the community level to test whether transfers modify the effects of climate shocks on a rich set of household, child and youth outcomes. This will represent the one of the first studies to test whether transfers can protect children and youth against temperature exposures, and will directly feed into the ongoing global conversation about how best to protect vulnerable populations against climate change.