Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/170922 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10938
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We analyze long-term impacts of the 1967-1970 Nigerian Civil War, providing the first evidence of intergenerational impacts. Women exposed to the war in their growing years exhibit reduced adult stature, increased likelihood of being overweight, earlier age at first birth, and lower educational attainment. Exposure to a primary education program mitigates impacts of war exposure on education. War exposed men marry later and have fewer children. War exposure of mothers (but not fathers) has adverse impacts on child growth, survival, and education. Impacts vary with age of exposure. For mother and child health, the largest impacts stem from adolescent exposure.
Subjects: 
intergenerational
conflict
human capital
fetal origins
Africa
JEL: 
I12
I25
J13
O12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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