VIOLENCE WHILE IN UTERO: THE IMPACT OF ASSAULTS DURING PREGNANCY ON BIRTH OUTCOMES
We study the effects of prenatal exposure to violent crime on infant health, using New York City crime records linked to mothers’ addresses in birth records data. We address endogeneity of assault exposure with three strategies and find that in utero assault exposure significantly increases the inci...
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MIT Press Journals
2022
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