环境退化的影响：尼日利亚的森林损失、疟疾与儿童结局
Impacts of Environmental Degradation: Forest Loss, Malaria, and Child Outcomes in Nigeria
Review of Economics and Statistics · 2022 · Julia Berazneva、Tanya Byker
中文摘要
我们考察了出生前后的森林损失对尼日利亚农村地区婴儿死亡率及儿童早期健康的影响。我们发现，森林损失导致新生儿死亡率上升——森林损失增加一个标准差与出生后第一个月内死亡的可能性增加9%至15%相关。森林损失导致婴儿死亡的机制是母亲在孩子尚在子宫内时暴露于疟疾。这种暴露还会导致更差的出生结局，以存活婴儿较低的年龄别体重和年龄别身高作为代理指标。
Abstract
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.