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

总结 该项目将使用赞比亚向贫困家庭转移现金的随机对照试验数据， 肯尼亚测试这些项目是否可以保护粮食安全，儿童健康和青年生命历程的过渡 在恶劣的气候条件下。具体来说，我们将把这些纵向家庭数据与 两个地理上分散的试验，每天，高分辨率的数据，温度和降水量的曝光。 然后我们将利用转移的随机性和气候的有效随机性 在社区一级的异常，以测试是否转移修改气候冲击的影响， 家庭、儿童和青年成果。这将是第一个测试是否转移的研究之一。 可以保护儿童和青少年免受温度暴露，并将直接进入正在进行的全球气候变化。 讨论如何最好地保护弱势群体免受气候变化的影响。

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.