Local Economic Growth and Infant Mortality

We show, for the first time, a causal effect of local economic growth on infant mortality. We use geo-referenced data for non-migrating mothers from 46 developing countries and 128 DHS survey rounds and combine it with nighttime luminosity data at a granular level. Using mother fixed effects we show that an increase in local economic activity significantly reduces the probability that the same mother loses a further child before its first birthday.

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Year of publication:	2021
Authors:	Kammerlander, Andreas ; Schulze, Günther G.
Publisher:	Munich : Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Subject:	local economic growth \| child mortality \| nighttime lights

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Series:	CESifo Working Paper ; 9315
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	1771948647 [GVK] hdl:10419/245496 [Handle] RePec:ces:ceswps:_9315 [RePEc]
Classification:	i15 ; O18 - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Source:	EconStor

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