TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Wu, Wenjie
AU  - Zhe, Yang
AU  - Kim, Jun Hyung
AU  - Yue, Ai
        TI  - Effects of Early Childhood Climate on Cognitive Development and Home Environment
        PY  - 2023/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16017
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16017
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - early childhood
KW  - cognitive skills
KW  - home environment
KW  - temperature
KW  - climate change
KW  - China
        ER  -