The Hidden Costs of War
Exposure to Armed Conflict and Birth Outcomes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13090459 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F Torche (0000-0002-2801-9227, New York University, corresponding author), Uri Shwed (0000-0002-0895-4007, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Pages | 558-581 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2330-6696 • E-ISSN: 2330-6696 |
| Publisher | Society for Sociological Science (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.15195/v2.a27 |
| OpenAlex | W2196000746 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 64 |
Research suggests that prenatal exposure to environmental stressors has negative effects after birth. However, capturing causal effects is difficult because exposed women may be selected on unobserved factors. We use the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war as a natural experiment and a siblings fixed-effects methodology to address unobserved selectivity by comparing exposed and unexposed births of the same mother. Findings indicate that exposure to war in early and mid-pregnancy lowers birth weight and increases the probability of low birth weight. The effect is not driven by geographic sorting, migration, or increased miscarriages. Given that birth weight predicts health, developmental, and socioeconomic outcomes, prenatal exposure to acute stress may have long-term effects over the life course
Criminology · Economics · Environmental health · Political science · Sociology · Birth, Development, and Health · Demography · Health and Conflict Studies · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
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| Citations per year | 2,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |