Cesarean delivery for low-risk pregnancies is generally associated with worse health outcomes for infants and mothers … use birth records from California, merged with hospital and emergency department (ED) visits for infants and mothers in … significant effects on mothers' hospitalizations or ED use after birth, or on subsequent fertility, but we find a ripple effect on …

two children with the same mother but where a parent of the mother died during one of the pregnancies--augmented with a …

the incidence of diabetes in the population of future mothers. The exposed mothers are less likely to be married, have … reflect a "scarring" vs. selection story; whites who go on to have children are negatively impacted, while blacks who go on to … have children are positively selected having survived a higher early childhood mortality rate …

longitudinal study of urban parents that includes post-partum interviews with mothers, hospital medical record data on the mother …

physical postpartum health complications and improves her mental health. Our results suggest that mothers bear the burden from …

children born to less educated and minority mothers are more likely to be exposed to pollution in utero and that white, college … educated mothers are particularly responsive to changes in environmental amenities. I estimate that differences in exposure to … toxic releases may explain 6% of the gap in incidence of low birth weight between infants of white college educated mothers …