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In-utero exposure to local COVID-19 incidence and infant birthweight in Brazil

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  • Srikant Devaraj
  • Pankaj C. Patel
  • Igor Pereira

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In this article, we investigate whether in-utero exposure to municipal-level COVID-19 incidence rates in Brazil was associated with lower infant birth weight. To lower endogeneity related to conception during COVID-19, we include infants who were conceived before and born after, the first official case of COVID-19 in Brazil, 26 February 2020. Using the administrative natality data of infants, in-utero exposure to local COVID-19 incidence rate did not affect infant birth weight, and the estimates are robust to heterogeneities by mother’s demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Findings have implications for the effect of in-utero exposure to local COVID-19 incidence rates and birth weight.

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  • Srikant Devaraj & Pankaj C. Patel & Igor Pereira, 2022. "In-utero exposure to local COVID-19 incidence and infant birthweight in Brazil," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(38), pages 4449-4464, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:54:y:2022:i:38:p:4449-4464
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2022.2030461
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