The effects of Chinese exports and imports on the birthweight of Brazilian children

• Grant number: 20/16326-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2021
• End date: March 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Economics of Human Resources
• Principal Investigator: Naercio Aquino Menezes Filho
• Grantee: Luca Moreno Louzada
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of this project is to identify the effects of imports of Chinese products and Brazilian exports to China on the birthweight of Brazilian children. Previous studies have shown that international trade with China affects the labor market significantly in several countries, including Brazil. Imports have negative effects on wages and exports, mainly of commodities, have a positive effect. We intend to explore differences at the micro-regional level depending on the relative participation of the local workforce in each exporting and importing sector. We will assess the impact of this trade on the birthweight of children, following the literature that shows the adverse effects of shocks on family income during pregnancy on birth conditions.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MORENO-LOUZADA, LUCA; MENEZES-FILHO, NAERCIO. The relationship between staying at home during the pandemic and the number of conceptions: A national panel data analysis. PLoS One, v. 18, n. 8, p. 16-pg., 2023-08-11. (20/16326-6)