Asker, Erdal; Dhongde, Shatakshee; Shonchoy, Abu - 2023
Using nationally representative data from India, we document the first survey-based evidence of the unintended … consequences of lockdown on neonatal mortality in a developing country. Event-study shows neonatal mortality significantly … increased during the first nationwide lockdown and became insignificant one-month later. The difference-indifference estimates …