Richard Akresh|Philip Verwimp|Tom Bundervoet
Civil War, Crop Failure, and Child Stunting in Rwanda
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|Université Libre de Bruxelles
combine rwandan household survey data event data timing location localized crop failure armed conflict examine impact distinct shocks childrens health status identification strategy exploits exogenous variation shocks geographic extent exposure childrens birth cohorts shock find poor nonpoor households boys girls born conflict regions experiencing fighting negatively affected heightforage zscores 105 standard deviations lower conversely girls negatively affected crop failure girls exhibiting 086 standard deviations lower heightforage zscores impact worse girls poor households results robust using alternative shock exposure measures different geographic boundary definitions affected regions householdlevel production rainfall shocks alternative measures crop failure