The weight of the crisis: Evidence From newborns in Argentina
We investigate how prenatal economic fluctuations affected birth weight in Argentina during the period from January 2000 to December 2005 and document its procyclicality. We find evidence that the birth weight of children born to low-educated (less than high school) mothers is sensitive to macroecon...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
2014
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