Early Childhood Health During Conflict
The Legacy of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Northern Uganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21512869 |
|---|---|
| Authors | SARAH BRIDGES (0000-0002-1471-1116, School of Economics The University of Nottingham Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK, corresponding author), Douglas Scott (0000-0003-0393-0724, Department of International Development University of Oxford Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TB UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 694-718 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-9049 • E-ISSN: 1468-0084 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/obes.12480 |
| OpenAlex | W3048080193 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 35 |
This paper finds evidence of severe health deficits among young children who were exposed to the Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency in Northern Uganda (1987–2007). We employ a difference‐in‐differences approach to estimate a 0.74 standard deviation deficit in height‐for‐age z‐scores among children exposed to the fighting for a period of more than 9 months. Extending our analysis, we use a mediation model to investigate the transmission mechanisms through which the war may have affected childhood nutrition. We find support for the hypothesis that deficits occurred partly through changes in the frequency at which younger children received solid or semi‐solid foods
Armed conflict · Child health · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Insurgency · Political science · Politics · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Pediatrics
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |