THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS

Ioana M. PETRESCU
2016 Europolity: Continuity and Change in European Governance  
Economic sanctions have the reputation of harming the population in the sanctioned countries. In this paper, I investigate under what circumstances such harm occurs and what is its magnitude. I estimate the impact of in utero exposure to sanctions episodes on infant weight, child height, and child mortality. Using a large child level data set from 69 countries, I find that being exposed to sanctions leads to lower infant weight and higher probability of death before age three. I find negative
more » ... fects only for children exposed to the first two years of sanctions.
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