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Violence and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Homicides in Brazil

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posted on 2016-10-10, 11:47 authored by Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner, Marco Manacorda
This paper uses microdata from Brazilian vital statistics on births and deaths between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence – measured by homicide rates – on birth outcomes. The estimates show that exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy leads to a small but precisely estimated increase in the risk of low birthweight and prematurity. Effects are found both in small municipalities, where homicides are rare, and in large municipalities, where violence is endemic, and are particularly pronounced among children of poorly educated mothers, implying that violence compounds the disadvantage that these children already suffer as a result of their households' lower socioeconomic status.

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Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 119, pp. 16-33

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/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS AND HUMANITIES/Department of Economics

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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Journal of Development Economics

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Elsevier

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0304-3878

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2015-11-22

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2016

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2017-11-28

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387815001297

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Following the embargo period the above license applies.

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