Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51585 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5535
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
No previous study has attempted to estimate the effect of intrauterine exposure to armed conflict, a potential source of stress, on pregnancy outcomes. Drawing on data from the 2004 Palestinian Demographic and Health Survey, we examine the relationship between fatalities caused by Israeli security forces (a measure of conflict intensity) and birth weight. Our estimates suggest that first-trimester fatalities are positively related to the probability that a child weighed less than 2,500 grams at birth. This result is consistent with medical studies showing a strong negative correlation between self-reported stress during the first trimester of pregnancy and birth weight.
Subjects: 
birth weight
prenatal stress
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
JEL: 
I10
I12
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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