Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/243447 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Policy Paper No. 161
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Worries about the impact of COVID-19 on pregnant mothers and their offspring are wide-spread. As a comparison, the Spanish Flu pandemic had devastating health impacts on pregnant mothers and in-utero exposure to influenza is known to have negative short- and long-term consequences for children. The existing evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic, however, allows for cautious optimism about the impacts of COVID-19 on pregnant women and their children.
Subjects: 
COVID-19
Spanish Flu
pregnancy
in-utero exposure
JEL: 
I14
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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