Ramadan and Infants Health Outcomes

• Tác giả: Hossein Abbaszadeh Shahri
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 614.132 Forensic medicine; incidence of injuries, wounds, disease; public preventive medicine
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2021
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 165965

Tóm tắt

Previous studies show that prenatal shocks to embryos could have adverse impacts on health endowment at birth. Using the universe of birth data and a difference-in-difference-in-difference strategy, I find that exposure to Ramadan during prenatal development has negative birth outcomes. Exposure to a full month of fasting is associated with 96 grams lower birth-weight. These results are robust across specifications and do not appear to be driven by mothers selective fertility.