The fertility-inhibiting effect of mosquitoes: Socio-economic differences in response to the Zika crisis in Colombia

We estimated the impact of the Zika virus outbreak on birth rates and demand for health care services in Colombia. Our analysis exploits the variation in the level of natural protection against mosquito-transmitted diseases across the country. This characteristic induced exogenous variation in Zika...

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Adolescent
Adult
Article
Birth rate
Causality
Child
Colombia
Educational status
Epidemic
Female
Female fertility
Health service
Human
Infection control
Mosquito
Nonhuman
Retrospective study
Socioeconomics
Virus transmission
Zika fever
Zika virus
Birth rate
Epidemic
Incidence
Methodology
Patient attitude
Socioeconomics
Young adult
Zika fever
Zika virus
Adolescent
Adult
Birth rate
Child
Colombia
Disease outbreaks
Female
Health services
Humans
Incidence
Patient acceptance of health care
Research design
Socioeconomic factors
Young adult
Zika virus
Zika virus infection
Colombia
Fertility
Synthetic control
Zika
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dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv The fertility-inhibiting effect of mosquitoes: Socio-economic differences in response to the Zika crisis in Colombia
title The fertility-inhibiting effect of mosquitoes: Socio-economic differences in response to the Zika crisis in Colombia
spellingShingle The fertility-inhibiting effect of mosquitoes: Socio-economic differences in response to the Zika crisis in Colombia
Adolescent
Adult
Article
Birth rate
Causality
Child
Colombia
Educational status
Epidemic
Female
Female fertility
Health service
Human
Infection control
Mosquito
Nonhuman
Retrospective study
Socioeconomics
Virus transmission
Zika fever
Zika virus
Birth rate
Epidemic
Incidence
Methodology
Patient attitude
Socioeconomics
Young adult
Zika fever
Zika virus
Adolescent
Adult
Birth rate
Child
Colombia
Disease outbreaks
Female
Health services
Humans
Incidence
Patient acceptance of health care
Research design
Socioeconomic factors
Young adult
Zika virus
Zika virus infection
Colombia
Fertility
Synthetic control
Zika
title_short The fertility-inhibiting effect of mosquitoes: Socio-economic differences in response to the Zika crisis in Colombia
title_full The fertility-inhibiting effect of mosquitoes: Socio-economic differences in response to the Zika crisis in Colombia
title_fullStr The fertility-inhibiting effect of mosquitoes: Socio-economic differences in response to the Zika crisis in Colombia
title_full_unstemmed The fertility-inhibiting effect of mosquitoes: Socio-economic differences in response to the Zika crisis in Colombia
title_sort The fertility-inhibiting effect of mosquitoes: Socio-economic differences in response to the Zika crisis in Colombia
dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv Adolescent
Adult
Article
Birth rate
Causality
Child
Colombia
Educational status
Epidemic
Female
Female fertility
Health service
Human
Infection control
Mosquito
Nonhuman
Retrospective study
Socioeconomics
Virus transmission
Zika fever
Zika virus
Birth rate
Epidemic
Incidence
Methodology
Patient attitude
Socioeconomics
Young adult
Zika fever
Zika virus
Adolescent
Adult
Birth rate
Child
Colombia
Disease outbreaks
Female
Health services
Humans
Incidence
Patient acceptance of health care
Research design
Socioeconomic factors
Young adult
Zika virus
Zika virus infection
Colombia
Fertility
Synthetic control
Zika
topic Adolescent
Adult
Article
Birth rate
Causality
Child
Colombia
Educational status
Epidemic
Female
Female fertility
Health service
Human
Infection control
Mosquito
Nonhuman
Retrospective study
Socioeconomics
Virus transmission
Zika fever
Zika virus
Birth rate
Epidemic
Incidence
Methodology
Patient attitude
Socioeconomics
Young adult
Zika fever
Zika virus
Adolescent
Adult
Birth rate
Child
Colombia
Disease outbreaks
Female
Health services
Humans
Incidence
Patient acceptance of health care
Research design
Socioeconomic factors
Young adult
Zika virus
Zika virus infection
Colombia
Fertility
Synthetic control
Zika
description We estimated the impact of the Zika virus outbreak on birth rates and demand for health care services in Colombia. Our analysis exploits the variation in the level of natural protection against mosquito-transmitted diseases across the country. This characteristic induced exogenous variation in Zika incidence, which allows us to construct a control group of municipalities with similar historical fertility trends but with differential exposure to the Zika crisis. We implemented a difference-in-differences model after matching, as well as synthetic control. We found a decrease in birth rates of approx. 10% in the last two quarters of 2019. The impact of the virus was similar irrespective of the women's education level, and we found no discernible impact on teenage pregnancy. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
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