Fear itself: The effects of distressing economic news on birth outcomes
| Autor: | Kyle Carlson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Labour economics Adolescent Databases Factual Birth weight health birth weight gestation layoffs warn stress prenatal Young Adult jel:J00 jel:J01 Distressing Medicine Humans jel:J08 Fetus Pregnancy Obstetrics business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Gestational age Fear Infant Low Birth Weight Middle Aged jel:I10 medicine.disease United States Low birth weight jel:I12 Economic Recession Unemployment Gestation medicine.symptom Job loss business Stress Psychological Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of health economics. 41 |
| ISSN: | 1879-1646 |
| Popis: | I use new administrative data on mass layoffs and plant closings to study the effects of distressing economic news. Exposure to stressful events during pregnancy can impair fetal development. I find that announcement of impending job losses leads to a transient decrease in the mean birth weight within the firm’s county 1–4 months before the job losses. A loss of 500 jobs corresponds roughly to a decrease of 15–20 grams and 16 percent greater risk of low birth weight. Further analyses show that the initial effect results from curtailment of gestation, while slower intrauterine growth plays a later role. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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