Pregnancy during the Pandemic

Hannes Schwandt

No 161, IZA Policy Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Worries about the impact of COVID-19 on pregnant mothers and their offspring are wide-spread. As a comparison, the Spanish Flu pandemic had devastating health impacts on pregnant mothers and in-utero exposure to influenza is known to have negative short- and long-term consequences for children. The existing evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic, however, allows for cautious optimism about the impacts of COVID-19 on pregnant women and their children.

Keywords: COVID-19; Spanish Flu; pregnancy; in-utero exposure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I14 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9 pages
Date: 2020-06
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