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Title: Violence and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Homicides in Brazil

Author(s): Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner and Marco Manacorda

Publication Date: May 2016

Keyword(s): Birth Outcomes, Birthweight, Brazil, Homicides and Stress

Programme Area(s): Labour Economics and Public Economics

Abstract: This paper uses microdata from Brazilian vital statistics on births and deaths between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence - measured by homicide rates - on birth outcomes. The estimates show that exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy leads to a small but precisely estimated increase in the risk of low birthweight and prematurity. Effects are found both in small municipalities, where homicides are rare, and in large municipalities, where violence is endemic, and are particularly pronounced among children of poorly educated mothers, implying that violence compounds the disadvantage that these children already suffer as a result of their households' lower socioeconomic status.

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Foureaux Koppensteiner, M and Manacorda, M. 2016. 'Violence and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Homicides in Brazil'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=11279