This paper investigates the relationship between infant health and agricultural pesticide use for purposes of invasive species control, by exploiting U.S. detections of invasive spotted wing drosophila (SWD) as a natural experiment. Difference-in-differences results show that insecticide and fungicide use increase by 32.1% and 33.7%, respectively, after SWD detection. Using an instrumental variables approach, we show that a 10% increase in insecticide and fungicide use is associated with 0.18 and 0.15 percentage point increased instances of infant prematurity and 0.08 and 0.08 percentage point increased instances of low birth weight, respectively. Findings are robust to alternative specifications and falsification tests. (JEL Q15, Q57)

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入侵物种控制、农业农药使用和婴儿健康结果

本文通过利用美国对侵入性斑翅果蝇 (SWD) 的检测作为自然实验，研究了婴儿健康与农业杀虫剂使用之间的关系，以控制入侵物种。差异中的差异结果表明，在 SWD 检测后，杀虫剂和杀菌剂的使用分别增加了 32.1% 和 33.7%。使用工具变量方法，我们表明杀虫剂和杀菌剂的使用增加 10% 与婴儿早产实例增加 0.18 和 0.15 个百分点以及低出生体重实例分别增加 0.08 和 0.08 个百分点相关。结果对于替代规范和证伪测试是可靠的。(JEL Q15, Q57)