全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Medium-Term Health Impacts of Shocks Experienced In Utero and After Birth: Evidence from Detailed Geographic Information on War Exposure

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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w20763
来源ID	Working Paper 20763
	Medium-Term Health Impacts of Shocks Experienced In Utero and After Birth: Evidence from Detailed Geographic Information on War Exposure
	Richard Akresh; German Daniel Caruso; Harsha Thirumurthy
发表日期	2014-12-22
出版年	2014
语种	英语
摘要	This paper estimates the impact of armed conflict on subsequent health outcomes using detailed geographic information on households’ distance from conflict sites—a more accurate measure of conflict exposure— and compares the impact on children exposed in utero versus after birth. The identification strategy relies on exogenous variation in the conflict’s geographic extent and timing as well as the exposure of different birth cohorts while in utero or after birth. Results show that war-exposed children subsequently have lower height-for-age Z-scores, and impacts using GPS information are 87-188% larger than if exposure is measured at the imprecise regional level. Effects of in utero and after birth exposure are comparable in magnitude, and children in the war instigating and losing country (Eritrea) suffer more than the winning nation (Ethiopia). Results are robust to including region-specific time trends, alternative conflict exposure measures, and addressing potential bias due to selective migration.
主题	Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Labor Economics ; Demography and Aging ; Development and Growth ; Development
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w20763
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/578438
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Richard Akresh,German Daniel Caruso,Harsha Thirumurthy. Medium-Term Health Impacts of Shocks Experienced In Utero and After Birth: Evidence from Detailed Geographic Information on War Exposure. 2014.