Maternal Dengue and Health Outcomes of Childrent

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux; Menezes, Livia
• 署名单位: University of Surrey; IZA Institute Labor Economics; University of Birmingham
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.20210656
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 530-553
• 关键词: family ruptures; Birth outcomes; MENTAL-HEALTH; in-utero; pregnancy; infection; burden; transmission; exposure; stress

摘要

We study the effect of maternal dengue infections on birth outcomes using linked administrative records from Brazil estimating maternal fixed -effect specifications. In contrast to previous studies , we find robust evidence for the negative effect of dengue infections on birth weight ( BW ) . The effect is particularly pronounced at lower parts of the BW distribution , with an increase of 15 percent , 67 percent , and 133 percent for low , very low , and extremely low BW , respectively. We also document large increases in children's hospitalizations and medical expenditures for up to three years after birth. ( JEL I12, I18, J13, J16, O15 )