Maternal Dengue and Health Outcomes of Children
利用巴西行政记录，研究发现母亲孕期感染登革热会显著降低新生儿出生体重，并增加儿童住院和医疗支出，对低出生体重儿影响尤为严重。
We study the effect of maternal dengue infections on birth outcomes using linked administrative records from Brazil estimating maternal fixed-effect specifications. In contrast to previous studies, we find robust evidence for the negative effect of dengue infections on birth weight (BW). The effect is particularly pronounced at lower parts of the BW distribution, with an increase of 15 percent, 67 percent, and 133 percent for low, very low, and extremely low BW, respectively. We also document large increases in children’s hospitalizations and medical expenditures for up to three years after birth.