Jorden Jackson and colleagues publish article in Population and Development Review
Jorden Jackson, who recently received her dual-title PhD in Rural Sociology and Demography from The Pennsylvania State University and now works at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science at the University of Oxford, recently published an article in Population and Development Review with colleagues Brian C. Thiede, Nigel James, and Samrin Sauda. Titled “Conflict, Climate, and Child Health: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa,” the article uses data from 23 countries in Sub-Saharan African to understand how sociopolitical instability and climate change shape stressors that impact early-life health outcomes. They find that conflict and increased heat are both negative for child health and development, and that the effects vary across groups.