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dc.titleGender Gaps in Birthweight: The Effects of Air Pollution across Latin America
dc.contributor.authorAparicio, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorGerardino, María Paula
dc.contributor.authorRangel, Marcos
dc.contributor.orgunitOffice of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2019-08-19T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2019-01-15T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper looks at the effects of fetal pollution-exposure on birthweight and examines whether air pollution concomitant to economic development is indeed more harmful to male than female fetuses. We find that that a 10% increase in pollution exposure in-utero reduces the gender birth-weight gap by approximately 50 grams, equivalent to smoking 5 cigarettes a day while pregnant. Family fixed effects specification are employed to control for unobserved confounding factors such as family background. Several countries in the region are studied relying on comparable health survey data and satellite-based pollution data.
dc.format.extent48
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001838
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Gender_Gaps_in_Birthweight_The_Effects_of_Air_Pollution_across_Latin_America_en.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectGender Gap
dc.subjectPollution
dc.subjectAir Quality
dc.subjectNewBorn Health
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ13 - Fertility • Family Planning • Child Care • Children • Youth
dc.subject.jelcodeQ53 - Air Pollution • Water Pollution • Noise • Hazardous Waste • Solid Waste • Recycling
dc.subject.keywordsair pollution; health; education; satellite data; particulate matter; birth-weight
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-TN-01731
idb.operationBK-C2005
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