TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic downturns and infant health
AU - Alessie, Rob
AU - Angelini, Viola
AU - Mierau, Jochen O.
AU - Viluma, Laura
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - We study the gender-specific impact of macroeconomic conditions around birth on infant health. We use a sample of over 50,000 respondents born between 1950 and 1994 from Lifelines—a cohort and biobank from the northern Netherlands. Our results show that high provincial unemployment rates decrease fertility and lead to a lower birthweight in boys. The negative impact of high unemployment on birthweight is particularly strong for boys born to older mothers and for babies born to smoking mothers.
AB - We study the gender-specific impact of macroeconomic conditions around birth on infant health. We use a sample of over 50,000 respondents born between 1950 and 1994 from Lifelines—a cohort and biobank from the northern Netherlands. Our results show that high provincial unemployment rates decrease fertility and lead to a lower birthweight in boys. The negative impact of high unemployment on birthweight is particularly strong for boys born to older mothers and for babies born to smoking mothers.
KW - Birthweight
KW - Cohort studies
KW - Unemployment
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UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/economic-downturns-infant-health
U2 - 10.1016/j.ehb.2018.07.005
DO - 10.1016/j.ehb.2018.07.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 30053639
SN - 1570-677X
VL - 30
SP - 162
EP - 171
JO - Economics and Human Biology
JF - Economics and Human Biology
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