Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia

This paper examines the relationship between maternal exposure to violence during pregnancy and newborn birthweight. The identification strategy exploits variation in the timing of exposure and in the geographic location of expectant mothers across Colombian municipalities. Exposure to violence i...

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Main Author:	Rodriguez, Laura
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. 2022
Subjects:	CONFLICT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN GENDER MATERNAL HEALTH NEWBORN HEALTH BIRTHWEIGHT
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36868

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spelling	okr-10986-368682022-01-28T16:19:59Z Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia Rodriguez, Laura CONFLICT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN GENDER MATERNAL HEALTH NEWBORN HEALTH BIRTHWEIGHT This paper examines the relationship between maternal exposure to violence during pregnancy and newborn birthweight. The identification strategy exploits variation in the timing of exposure and in the geographic location of expectant mothers across Colombian municipalities. Exposure to violence in early pregnancy had a large negative impact on birthweight, primarily for boys, and the effect was mitigated by their mothers' education. Girls' birthweight was affected mainly by shocks in later stages of gestation. Furthermore, their mothers were more likely to engage in potentially harmful behaviors during the pregnancy. This evidence exposes the importance of parental responses in shaping the effect of exposure to violence on newborn health. 2022-01-24T19:06:06Z 2022-01-24T19:06:06Z 2021-10-15 Journal Article Health Economics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36868 Wiley Terms and Conditions https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing/self-archiving.html World Bank John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Latin America & Caribbean Colombia
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topic	CONFLICT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN GENDER MATERNAL HEALTH NEWBORN HEALTH BIRTHWEIGHT
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description	This paper examines the relationship between maternal exposure to violence during pregnancy and newborn birthweight. The identification strategy exploits variation in the timing of exposure and in the geographic location of expectant mothers across Colombian municipalities. Exposure to violence in early pregnancy had a large negative impact on birthweight, primarily for boys, and the effect was mitigated by their mothers' education. Girls' birthweight was affected mainly by shocks in later stages of gestation. Furthermore, their mothers were more likely to engage in potentially harmful behaviors during the pregnancy. This evidence exposes the importance of parental responses in shaping the effect of exposure to violence on newborn health.
format	Journal Article
author	Rodriguez, Laura
author_facet	Rodriguez, Laura
author_sort	Rodriguez, Laura
title	Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia
title_short	Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia
title_full	Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia
title_fullStr	Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia
title_full_unstemmed	Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia
title_sort	violence and newborn health : estimates for colombia
publisher	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
publishDate	2022
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36868
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Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia

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