Autori: Pozzi, Lucia, Breschi, Marco, Ruiu, Gabriele, Raftakis, Michail
Titolo: Investigation of gender differences in stillbirths in Italian regions at the turn of the nineteenth century
Periodico: Genus
Anno: 2022 - Volume: 78 - Fascicolo: 25 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 16

Data quality issues have hindered the analysis of the determinants of stillbirths in the years following Italian unification. By exploiting panel data techniques to take into account the possible effect of stillbirth misreporting, this paper investigates the relationship between seasonal agricultural workload and the number of male and female stillbirths in the Italian regions at the turn of the twentieth century (1883–1913). We found that although stillbirth rates were lower for females, agricultural workload seasonality had a more substantial effect for them. We suggest that this finding may be rationalised through the adaptive sex ratio adjustment hypothesis.




SICI: 0016-6987(2022)78:25<1:IOGDIS>2.0.ZU;2-N
Testo completo: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-022-00173-7

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