%0 Report
        %A Wu, Wenjie
%A Zhe, Yang
%A Kim, Jun Hyung
%A Yue, Ai
        %T Effects of Early Childhood Climate on Cognitive Development and Home Environment
        %D 2023
        %8 2023 Mar
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 16017
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16017
        %X Climate change poses a significant threat to the development of young children, but its impacts are not well known because of data and methodological limitations. Using a unique panel study in disadvantaged rural communities, we find that exposures to low temperatures undermine subsequent cognitive development before age 5, and reduce caregiver-child interactions and material investments. Results do not support income, health and temporary disruption in cognitive performance as potential channels. By undermining children's home environment, climate change may widen socioeconomic inequalities across households by their capacity to adapt, which is severely limited among disadvantaged households.
        %K early childhood
%K cognitive skills
%K home environment
%K temperature
%K climate change
%K China