The economics of human nutrition has changed greatly in recent years as researchers have
moved beyond supply and demand of specific foods and total calories to functional aspects …

This paper examines the relationship between weather conditions and child nutrition in
Ethiopia. We link data from four rounds of the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey to …

This review covers a nascent literature that experiments with survey design to measure
whether the way in which we collect socio-economic data in developing countries influences …

We show that non-classical measurement errors (NCME) on both sides of a regression can
bias the parameter estimate of interest in either direction. Furthermore, if these NCME are …

Despite improvements to global economic conditions, child undernourishment has
increased in recent years, with approximately 7.5% of children suffering from wasting …

Extreme heat shocks are increasingly linked to poor economic and health outcomes. This
paper constructs hour-degree bins of temperature exposure to assess the effects of extreme …

Background Population-based surveys collect crucial data on anthropometric measures to
track trends in stunting [height-for-age z score (HAZ)<− 2SD] and wasting [weight-for-height …

Poor pregnancy outcomes include miscarriages, stillbirths, and low birth weights. Stress
from heat and lack of resources play a potentially important role in producing these poor …

The mechanism (s) that generate measurement error matter for inference. Survey
measurement error is typically thought to represent simple misreporting correctable through …

Malnutrition is one of the most important early life shocks that have lasting effects on health.
An often neglected cause of malnutrition and hidden hunger is high food inflation …