Sex ratios at birth shape populations and are linked to maternal health and gender discrimination. We estimate the … effect of prenatal temperature exposure on birth sex by linking data on 5 million births in 33 sub-Saharan African countries …

birth, and infant health. In the context of South Korea, I exploit rich spatial and temporal variation in cash transfers … provided to families with newborn babies and the universe of birth-, death-, and migrant-registry records. I find that the … unintended consequence of correcting the unnaturally male-skewed sex ratio at birth. The cash transfers led to reductions in …

ever born to a woman. At the same time, it increases the number of children of a woman who have died; lengthens birth …

Margaret Sanger established the first birth control clinic in New York in 1916. From the mid-1920s, "Sanger clinics … administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until … 1940. Moreover, birth control clinics had a significant and meaningful negative effect on the incidence of stillbirths and …

Margaret Sanger established the first birth control clinic in New York in 1916. From the mid-1920s, "Sanger clinics … administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until … 1940. Moreover, birth control clinics had a significant and meaningful negative effect on the incidence of stillbirths and …