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  1. The effects of gender-specific local labor demand on birth and later outcomes
    Author: Akesaka, Mika; Kikuchi, Nobuyoshi
    Published: November 22, 2022
    Publisher:  Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    Series: Discussion paper series / Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University ; DP 2022, 37
    Subjects: labor market conditions; newborn health; low birth weight; recession
    Scope: 56 Seiten, Illustrationen
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  2. The effects of gender-specific local labor demand on birth and later outcomes
    Author: Akesaka, Mika; Kikuchi, Nobuyoshi
    Published: December 2021
    Publisher:  The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    We examine the effects of local labor market conditions during early pregnancy on birth and later outcomes. Using a longitudinal survey of newborns in Japan, we find that improvements in employment opportunities increase the probability of low birth... more

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    We examine the effects of local labor market conditions during early pregnancy on birth and later outcomes. Using a longitudinal survey of newborns in Japan, we find that improvements in employment opportunities increase the probability of low birth weight, attributable to shortened gestation. This negative effect is mainly driven by the impact of economic shocks on the female labor market. However, we do not find a lasting effect of economic shocks during early pregnancy on severe health conditions or developmental delays in early childhood. Using prefecture-level panel data, we confirm that improvements in female employment opportunities are significantly negatively associated with infant birth weight, but not with the fertility and infant mortality rate.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    Series: Discussion paper / [The Institute of Social and Economic Research] ; no. 1153
    Subjects: labor market conditions; newborn health; low birth weight; recession
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 50 Seiten), Illustrationen
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    Flint water crisis and health at birth
    Author: Wang, Rui; Chen, Xi; Li, Xun
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen

    In 2014, the city of Flint, MI in the U.S. changed its public water source, resulting in severe water contamination and a public health crisis. Using the Flint Water Crisis as a natural experiment, we estimate the effect of in utero exposure to... more

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    In 2014, the city of Flint, MI in the U.S. changed its public water source, resulting in severe water contamination and a public health crisis. Using the Flint Water Crisis as a natural experiment, we estimate the effect of in utero exposure to polluted water on health at birth. Matching vital statistics birth records with various sources of data, we use a Synthetic Control Method (SCM) to identify the causal impact of water pollution on key birth outcomes. Our results suggest that the crisis modestly increased the rate of low birth weight (LBW) by 1.8 percentage points (or 15.5 percent) but had little effect on the length of gestation or rate of prematurity. However, these effects are larger among children born to black mothers, as indicated by an increase in the rate of LBW by 2.5 percentage points (or 19 percent). Children born to white mothers exhibit, on average, a 30.1-gram decrease in birth weight. We find little evidence that the male-to-female sex ratio declines in the overall population, suggesting that the inutero scarring effect of the Flint Water Crisis may dominate the channel of mortality selection. However, we observe a slight decline in the sex ratio among children born to black mothers. Finally, we find no notable change in the fertility rates of either black women or white women in Flint. These results are robust to a rich set of placebo and falsification tests. Our findings highlight the importance and urgency of upgrading U.S. aging, lead-laced water systems in promoting racial and ethnic health equity.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    Series: GLO discussion paper ; no. 887
    Subjects: water pollution; lead exposure; Flint Water Crisis; infants; low birth weight
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 41 Seiten), Illustrationen
  4. Mobile phones and infant health at birth
    Author: Pesando, Luca Maria; Qiyomiddin, Komin
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Series: Division of Social Science working paper series ; working paper # 0088 (May 2023)
    Subjects: Mobile phones; women; infant health; low birth weight; DHS; LMICs
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 49 Seiten), Illustrationen