De Cao, Elisabetta; McCormick, Barry; Nicodemo, Catia - 2019
1.4%, and a 0.1% decrease in foetal growth. We find heterogenous responses: unemployment has an effect on babies' health … evidence of three channels that can explain the overall negative effect of unemployment on new-born health: maternal stress …We study the effect of unemployment on birth outcomes by exploiting geographical variation in the unemployment rate …