Essays about: "Anna Segura Lladó"

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  1. 1. The impact of in utero malnutrition on “lost” births and neonatal mortality: Evidence from the 2002 food shortage in Malawi

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Segura Lladó; [2014]
    Keywords : Food shortage; in utero malnutrition; neonatal mortality; maternal health; Business and Economics; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study aims to look at the link between in utero malnutrition and the survival probabilities of fetuses and newborns, using the 2002 food shortages in Malawi as an instrument for malnutrition. Concretely, it looks at differences in the probability of a born child being a male and in neonatal mortality between children in utero affected by food scarcity and those born right before and after the food shortages. READ MORE