Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/243266 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper Series No. 41
Publisher: 
University of Freiburg, Department of International Economic Policy (iep), Freiburg i. Br.
Abstract: 
We show, for the first time, a causal effect of local economic growth on infant mortality. We use geo-referenced data for non-migrating mothers from 46 developing countries and 128 DHS survey rounds and combine it with nighttime luminosity data at a granular level. Using mother mixed effects we show that an increase in local economic activity significantly reduces the probability that the same mother loses a further child before its first birthday.
Subjects: 
local economic growth
child mortality
nighttime lights
JEL: 
I15
O18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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