Essays about: "in utero shock"

Found 2 essays containing the words in utero shock.

1. 1. Long-Run Effects of Rainfall Shocks: An evaluation of the effects of in utero negative rainfall shocks on children's cognitive ability in rural Kenya

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Linn Mattisson; [2018]
   Keywords : Rainfall; drought; education; in utero shock; Kenya; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Shocks in utero can have lasting effects on an individual's physical and socio-economic outcomes. By merging direct rainfall data at the district-level with an individual-level dataset on children's education and socio-economic factors I create a proxy for in utero income shock with negative rainfall to evaluate the effect on Kenyan children's cognitive score in rural districts. READ MORE

3. 2. 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