Holdings: Weather Shocks and Health at Birth in Colombia

Weather Shocks and Health at Birth in Colombia

Poor health at birth has negative long-run effects on individual well-being and is also detrimental for intergenerational mobility. This paper examines whether health outcomes at birth are affected by in utero increased exposure to rainfall and tem...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Andalon, Mabel, Azevedo, Joao Pedro, Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos, Sanfelice, Viviane, Valderrama, Daniel
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABNORMALITIES ADULT HEALTH ADULTHOOD ADVERSE EFFECT ADVERSE WEATHER AFFECTED COUNTRY AID ANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS IN WEATHER BABIES BABY BIRTH WEIGHT BIRTHWEIGHT BULLETIN CAESAREAN SECTION CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION CHILD HEALTH CHRONIC DISEASES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COLD WEATHER DEATHS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DISEASE DISEASES DROUGHT DROUGHT INDEX DROUGHT INDICES DROUGHT SEVERITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EARTHQUAKE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EXTREME DROUGHT EXTREME HEAT EXTREME HEAT WAVES EXTREME PRECIPITATION EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENT EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FEMALE FEMALE MORTALITY FETUS FIRST BIRTHS FLOOD FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT OF WEATHER IMPACTS OF WEATHER INDIVIDUAL WELFARE INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTIONS INFLUENZA INFLUENZA PANDEMIC INSURANCE SCHEMES LABOR MARKET LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALNUTRITION MATERNAL NUTRITION MIGRATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHER MULTIPLE BIRTHS NATURAL DISASTERS NEGATIVE EFFECTS NEWBORN NEWBORNS NUTRITION PERINATAL MORTALITY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR HEALTH PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANT MOTHERS PREGNANT WOMEN PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH RESPECT RESPIRATION RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATIONS SEVERE WEATHER SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS SEX SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS TERRORIST TERTIARY EDUCATION VICTIMS VITAL STATISTICS WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WEATHER WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER EVENT WEATHER INSURANCE WEATHER SHOCK WEATHER SHOCKS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20346018/weather-shocks-health-birth-colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20636

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20346018/weather-shocks-health-birth-colombia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20636

Weather Shocks and Health at Birth in Colombia

Internet

Similar Items