overall improvement in the health at birth (as measured by the low birth weight indicator) of the cohorts exposed to the shock … in the male cohorts. -- wage cut ; transitory income shock ; neonatal health ; selection in utero ; Romania … consequences. In this paper we consider the effect of an arguably more common and milder shock generated by a major and unexpected …

Poor health at birth has negative long-run effects on individual well-being and is also detrimental for … intergenerational mobility. This paper examines whether health outcomes at birth are affected by in utero increased exposure to rainfall … shocks by municipality and date of birth. The analysis finds negative effects of temperature shocks on birth health outcomes …