Impacts of Environmental Degradation: Forest Loss, Malaria, and Child Outcomes in Nigeria
研究了尼日利亚农村地区森林丧失对婴儿死亡率和儿童早期健康的影响，发现森林丧失导致新生儿死亡率上升，机制是母亲在孕期接触疟疾。
Abstract We examine the effect of forest loss around the time of birth on infant mortality and the early childhood health of children in rural Nigeria. We find that forest loss leads to an increase in neonatal mortality—one standard deviation of forest loss is associated with a 9%–15% increase in the likelihood of death within the first month of life. The mechanism linking forest loss to infant death is maternal exposure to malaria when the child is in utero. Such exposure also results in worse birth outcomes, proxied by lower weight-for-age and height-for-age of surviving infants.