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The 9/11 Dust Cloud and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Reconsideration / Janet Currie, Hannes Schwandt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Currie, Janet.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w20368.
- NBER working paper series no. w20368
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- 9/11 Dust Cloud and Pregnancy Outcomes
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2014.
- Summary:
- The events of 9/11 released a million tons of toxic dust into lower Manhattan, an unparalleled environmental disaster. It is puzzling then that the literature has shown little effect of fetal exposure to the dust. However, inference is complicated by pre-existing differences between the affected mothers and other NYC mothers as well as heterogeneity in effects on boys and girls. Using all births in utero on 9/11 in NYC and comparing them to their siblings, we show that residence in the affected area increased prematurity, low birth weight, and admission to the NICU after birth, especially for boys.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- August 2014.
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