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This paper uses microdata from Brazilian natality and mortality vital statistics 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...
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This paper uses microdata from Brazilian natality and mortality vital statistics 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307896
at least six years and can explain at least 5% of the overall male crime rate. Domestic violence within the family also … increase in fathers' crime stands in sharp contrast with previous evidence from developed countries, where childbirth is …, we provide novel evidence that access to maternity benefits largely offsets the increase in crime by fathers after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014511594
at least six years and can explain at least 5% of the overall male crime rate. Domestic violence within the family also … increase in fathers’ crime stands in sharp contrast with previous evidence from developed countries, where childbirth is …, we provide novel evidence that access to maternity benefits largely offsets the increase in crime by fathers after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014521227
homicides that occurred in Ecuador in the period 2015 to 2017. To deal with endogeneity with respect to crime exposure, I use …
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Firearm violence is a pervasive public health crisis in the United States, with significant numbers of homicides involving firearms, including indiscriminate shootings in public spaces. This paper investigates the largely unexplored consequences of stress induced by these attacks on newborn...
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unique dataset from Brazil combining information on the universe of victims of crime with vital statistics data. We find that …
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assess to what extent lagged teen birth rates can explain why the United States had the highest developed country crime rates … in the 1980s, and why US rates subsequently fell so much. For this purpose, I use internationally comparable crime rates … measured from the 1989-2000 International Crime Victims Surveys. I find that an increase in the share of young people born to a …
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In 1996, following an epidemic, Pfizer tested a new drug on 200 children in Muslim Nigeria. 11 children died while others were disabled. We study the effects of the disclosure, in 2000, of the deaths of Muslim children in the Pfizer trials on vaccine compliance among Muslim mothers. Muslim...
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educational attainment and adolescent crime rates. Overall, we interpret this evidence as saying that there are no favorable …
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