Economic downturns and infant health

Rob Alessie; Viola Angelini; Jochen O. Mierau; Laura Viluma

doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2018.07.005

Economic downturns and infant health

Rob Alessie
, Viola Angelini
, Jochen O. Mierau
, Laura Viluma^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	162-171
Number of pages	10
Journal	Economics and Human Biology
Volume	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2018.07.005
Publication status	Published - Sept 2018

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Birthweight
Cohort studies
Unemployment

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