TY - JOUR
T1 - First- and Second-Generation Impacts of the Biafran War &
AU - Akresh, Richard
AU - Bhalotra, Sonia
AU - Leone, Marinella
AU - Osili, Una
N1 - Richard Akresh is an associate professor of economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ([email protected]). Sonia Bhalotra is a professor of economics at the University of Warwick (Sonia [email protected]). Marinella Leone is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Pavia ([email protected]). Una Osili is a professor of economics at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis ([email protected]). The authors thank seminar participants at Unicef Famines and Adolescents’ Workshop, Bocconi University, University of Alicante, University of Birmingham, and at the AEA, CSAE, DIAL, HiCN, NEUDC, and PAA conferences for helpful comments on earlier drafts. Sonia Bhalotra acknowledges partial funding from ESRC Grant ES/S012486/1 awarded to the Research Centre for Micro-Social Change at ISER, University of Essex. Richard Akresh, Marinella Leone, and Una Osili have nothing to disclose. The data used in this article can be obtained from the website of the Demographic and Health Surveys (http://dhsprogram.com/data/available-datasets.cfm). Additional replication materials are provided in the Online Appendix.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - We analyze long-term impacts of the 1967-1970 Nigerian Civil War, providing the first evidence of intergenerational impacts. War exposure among women results in reduced adult stature, an increased likelihood of being overweight, earlier age at first birth, and lower educational attainment. War exposure of mothers has adverse impacts on next-generation child survival, growth, and education. Impacts vary with age of exposure. For the mother and child health outcomes, the largest impacts stem from adolescent exposure. Exposure to a primary education program mitigates impacts of war exposure. War exposure leads to men marrying later and having fewer children.
AB - We analyze long-term impacts of the 1967-1970 Nigerian Civil War, providing the first evidence of intergenerational impacts. War exposure among women results in reduced adult stature, an increased likelihood of being overweight, earlier age at first birth, and lower educational attainment. War exposure of mothers has adverse impacts on next-generation child survival, growth, and education. Impacts vary with age of exposure. For the mother and child health outcomes, the largest impacts stem from adolescent exposure. Exposure to a primary education program mitigates impacts of war exposure. War exposure leads to men marrying later and having fewer children.
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U2 - 10.3368/jhr.58.4.0118-9272R1
DO - 10.3368/jhr.58.4.0118-9272R1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106256496
SN - 0022-166X
VL - 58
SP - 489
EP - 531
JO - Journal of Human Resources
JF - Journal of Human Resources
IS - 2
ER -