Bejenariu, Simona; Mitrut, Andreea - 2012 - This version: February, 2012
overall improvement in the health at birth (as measured by the low birth weight indicator) of the cohorts exposed to the shock …. Moreover, we find significant improvements in health at birth exclusively for boys and not for girls. This effect seems to be … fetuses and, as a result of this selection in utero, at birth, one should observe significant improvements in health outcomes …