Episode 18: Maya Rossin-Slater on the effects of violent assault during pregnancy

Maya Rossin-Slater talks about how violent assault during pregnancy affects birth outcomes and infant health. "Violence While in Utero: The Impact of Assaults During Pregnancy on Birth Outcomes" by Janet Currie, Michael Mueller-Smith, and Maya Rossin-Slater. OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE: "Poverty, violence, and health the impact of domestic violence during pregnancy on newborn health" by Anna Aizer. "Birth outcomes for Arabic-named women in California before and after September 11" by Diane S. Lauderdale. "Stress and birth weight: evidence from terrorist attacks" by Adriana Camacho. "Armed conflict and birth weight: Evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada" by Hani Mansour and Daniel I. Rees. "Prenatal exposure to violence and birth weight in Mexico: Selectivity, exposure, and behavioral responses" Florencia Torche and Andrés Villarreal. "The hidden costs of war: Exposure to armed conflict and birth outcomes" by Florencia Torche and Uri Shwed. Episode 9 of Probable Causation: Michael Mueller-Smith "Scaring or scarring? Labour market effects of criminal victimisation" by Anna Bindler and Nadine Ketel.