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JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Volume 99, Issue 1, Pages 190-199Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.12.005
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Birth weight; Prenatal stress; Malnutrition; Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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No previous study has estimated the effect of intrauterine exposure to armed conflict on pregnancy outcomes. Drawing on data from the 2004 Palestinian Demographic and Health Survey, which was conducted approximately 4 years after the start of the al-Aqsa Intifada, we find that an additional conflict-related fatality 9-6 months before birth is associated with a modest increase in the probability of having a child who weighed less than 2500 g. There is also evidence, albeit less consistent, of a positive relationship between fatalities in late pregnancy and low birth weight. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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