shocks are more mixed, and we find no effects on parents of children with health shocks. Lastly, we show that improvements in … market and mental health outcomes of individuals whose spouses or children experience health shocks. We use data from the …-study models to compare the differences in post-healthshock labor market and mental health outcomes between spouses and parents …

to care for their new children. While there is substantial variation in the details of these policies around the world …, both the implementation of new programs and extensions of existing ones increase leavetaking rates among new parents … introduction of short paid and unpaid leave programs can improve children's short- and long-term outcomes. Fourth, while more …

impacts of paternal access to workplace flexibility on maternal postpartum health. We model household demand for paternal … physical postpartum health complications and improves her mental health. Our results suggest that mothers bear the burden from … documented - but also indirectly, as fathers' inability to respond to domestic shocks exacerbates the maternal health costs of …

A large literature documents that childhood health shocks have lasting negative consequences for adult outcomes. This … occupational choices, which reflect their comparative advantage. We merge records on children hospitalized with poliomyelitis …

presents new evidence on the effects of violent crime on pregnancy and infant health outcomes, using unique linked … victimization rate. As infant health is a strong predictor of life-long well-being, and women of lower socioeconomic status are more …

in infant and maternal health. Infants and mothers at the top of the income distribution have worse birth and morbidity …. Racial disparities swamp these income disparities, with no racial convergence in health outcomes as income rises. A … comparison with Sweden shows that infant and maternal health is worse in California at virtually all income levels. …

in the first year of life. Our results provide new estimates of the health costs of climate change and identify … environmental drivers of the black-white maternal health gap. …