Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal
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- Steven A. Block & William A. Masters & Prajula Mulmi & Gerald E. Shively, 2016. "Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal," Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University 0817, Department of Economics, Tufts University.
- Block, Steven & Masters, William & Mulmi, Prajula & Shively, Gerald, 2016. "Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts 234406, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
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Seasonality; Child health; Child nutrition; Maternal health; Sanitation;JEL classification:
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
- Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
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