Austerity Measures and Infant Health. Lessons from an Unexpected Wage Cut Policy

dc.contributor.author	Bejenariu, Simona
dc.contributor.author	Mitrut, Andreea
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-11T09:25:29Z
dc.date.available	2013-10-11T09:25:29Z
dc.date.issued	2013-10
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/34176
dc.description	JEL classification: I19; J13; J38; I38	sv
dc.description.abstract	We investigate the effects on health at birth of a shock generated by a major (25%) and unexpected wage cut austerity measure that affected all public sector employees in Romania in 2010. Our findings suggest an overall improvement in health at birth for boys exposed to the shock in early gestation and a decreased sex ratio at birth among early exposed children. These findings are consistent with the selection in utero theory hypothesizing that maternal exposure to a significant shock early in gestation preponderantly selects against frail male fetuses, with healthier survivors being carried to term.	sv
dc.format.extent	56 pages	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers in Economics	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	574	sv
dc.subject	austerity measures	sv
dc.subject	fetal shock	sv
dc.subject	health at birth	sv
dc.subject	selection in utero	sv
dc.subject	Romania	sv
dc.title	Austerity Measures and Infant Health. Lessons from an Unexpected Wage Cut Policy	sv
dc.type	Text	sv
dc.type.svep	report	sv
dc.contributor.organization	Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg	sv