Table 2.

Probability of birth as a function of sulfa exposure—robustness checks.

(1)(2)(3)(4)
WW2New DealDust BowlExcl 1939+
Birth
|${prePneumonia}\ast {post1937}$||$-0.0239^{**}$||$-0.0247^{**}$||$-0.0247^{**}$||$-0.0256^{**}$|
(0.0105)(0.0107)(0.0106)(0.0113)
N4,053,8344,499,5884,053,1763,417,407
(5)(6)(7)(8)
Mean reversionOcc structureAdult mortWomen’s mort
ratesrates
Birth
|${prePneumonia}\ast {post1937}$||$-0.0251^{**}$||$-0.0235^{***}$||$-0.0332^{***}$||$-0.0163^{*}$|
(0.0103)(0.0068)(0.0122)(0.0086)
N4,499,5884,499,5884,499,5884,499,588
(1)(2)(3)(4)
WW2New DealDust BowlExcl 1939+
Birth
|${prePneumonia}\ast {post1937}$||$-0.0239^{**}$||$-0.0247^{**}$||$-0.0247^{**}$||$-0.0256^{**}$|
(0.0105)(0.0107)(0.0106)(0.0113)
N4,053,8344,499,5884,053,1763,417,407
(5)(6)(7)(8)
Mean reversionOcc structureAdult mortWomen’s mort
ratesrates
Birth
|${prePneumonia}\ast {post1937}$||$-0.0251^{**}$||$-0.0235^{***}$||$-0.0332^{***}$||$-0.0163^{*}$|
(0.0103)(0.0068)(0.0122)(0.0086)
N4,499,5884,499,5884,499,5884,499,588

Notes: See notes to Table 1 for a description of the baseline regression. Column (1) restricts the sample to births occurring before 1942, Column (2) adds New Deal spending interacted with |${post}$|⁠, Column (3) removes the Dust Bowl states (New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado), Column (4) excludes all births from 1939 onwards, Column (5) controls for the state mean value of |${birth}$| before 1937 interacted with |${post}$|⁠, Column (6) adds the share of women in primary, secondary, and tertiary occupations in 1930 interacted with |${post}$|⁠, Column (7) removes heart disease, cancer and TB all-sex mortality, replacing it with all-sex mortality from these diseases in the age group 20–64, and also adds adult diarrhea mortality (malaria mortality is only available as an all-age rate so remains present as in the baseline specification), and Column (8) removes malaria, heart disease, cancer, and TB all-sex all-age mortality, replacing it with women’s all-age mortality from these diseases, as well as women’s over-2s diarrhea mortality. (The baseline already includes diarrhea mortality among under-2s.) *denotes p-value < 0.1, **denotes p-value < 0.05, and ***denotes p-value < 0.01.

Table 2.

Probability of birth as a function of sulfa exposure—robustness checks.

(1)(2)(3)(4)
WW2New DealDust BowlExcl 1939+
Birth
|${prePneumonia}\ast {post1937}$||$-0.0239^{**}$||$-0.0247^{**}$||$-0.0247^{**}$||$-0.0256^{**}$|
(0.0105)(0.0107)(0.0106)(0.0113)
N4,053,8344,499,5884,053,1763,417,407
(5)(6)(7)(8)
Mean reversionOcc structureAdult mortWomen’s mort
ratesrates
Birth
|${prePneumonia}\ast {post1937}$||$-0.0251^{**}$||$-0.0235^{***}$||$-0.0332^{***}$||$-0.0163^{*}$|
(0.0103)(0.0068)(0.0122)(0.0086)
N4,499,5884,499,5884,499,5884,499,588
(1)(2)(3)(4)
WW2New DealDust BowlExcl 1939+
Birth
|${prePneumonia}\ast {post1937}$||$-0.0239^{**}$||$-0.0247^{**}$||$-0.0247^{**}$||$-0.0256^{**}$|
(0.0105)(0.0107)(0.0106)(0.0113)
N4,053,8344,499,5884,053,1763,417,407
(5)(6)(7)(8)
Mean reversionOcc structureAdult mortWomen’s mort
ratesrates
Birth
|${prePneumonia}\ast {post1937}$||$-0.0251^{**}$||$-0.0235^{***}$||$-0.0332^{***}$||$-0.0163^{*}$|
(0.0103)(0.0068)(0.0122)(0.0086)
N4,499,5884,499,5884,499,5884,499,588

Notes: See notes to Table 1 for a description of the baseline regression. Column (1) restricts the sample to births occurring before 1942, Column (2) adds New Deal spending interacted with |${post}$|⁠, Column (3) removes the Dust Bowl states (New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado), Column (4) excludes all births from 1939 onwards, Column (5) controls for the state mean value of |${birth}$| before 1937 interacted with |${post}$|⁠, Column (6) adds the share of women in primary, secondary, and tertiary occupations in 1930 interacted with |${post}$|⁠, Column (7) removes heart disease, cancer and TB all-sex mortality, replacing it with all-sex mortality from these diseases in the age group 20–64, and also adds adult diarrhea mortality (malaria mortality is only available as an all-age rate so remains present as in the baseline specification), and Column (8) removes malaria, heart disease, cancer, and TB all-sex all-age mortality, replacing it with women’s all-age mortality from these diseases, as well as women’s over-2s diarrhea mortality. (The baseline already includes diarrhea mortality among under-2s.) *denotes p-value < 0.1, **denotes p-value < 0.05, and ***denotes p-value < 0.01.

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