Crises and the Health of Children and Adolescents: Evidence from the Rwanda Genocide
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We study the effect of crises on health by focusing on the height of adult women exposed to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda when they were children or adolescents. Using several large household surveys, we find that the adult height of girls exposed to the genocide is much lower than older cohorts and those from neighboring countries. Furthermore, we find a large negative effect on height even for those who were between 13 and 20 in 1994. Our findings suggest that the negative effect of crises on health goes well beyond early childhood. These results are robust to other possible confounding variables.
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