What to Expect When It Gets Hotter: The Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Extreme Heat on Maternal Health

Jiyoon Kim, Ajin Lee and Maya Rossin-Slater

No 26384, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We use temperature variation within narrowly-defined geographic and demographic cells to show that exposure to extreme heat increases the risk of maternal hospitalization during pregnancy for potentially life-threatening causes. We find that this effect is driven by women residing in historically cooler rather than hotter counties, suggesting that adaptation plays a role in mitigating the health impacts of weather shocks. We also find that the heat-induced deterioration in maternal pregnancy health is larger for black than for white mothers, suggesting that projected increases in extreme heat over the next century may further exacerbate the black-white maternal health gap.

JEL-codes: H51 I14 I18 Q50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-10
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Published as Jiyoon Kim & Ajin Lee & Maya Rossin-Slater, 2021. "What to Expect When It Gets Hotter," American Journal of Health Economics, vol 7(3), pages 281-305.

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