administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until … infant mortality. The effect of birth control clinics on puerperal deaths is consistently negative, yet insignificant …

risks analysis yields several striking results. 1) Females have only a 28% chance to die of cancer when they have children … unmarried males); 3) females with children have only a 34% risk to die of heart disease and 4) a 53% chance of dying from … infections (compared to females without children); 5) married men have an increased expectation of 23% to die of heart disease …

This paper presents novel causal evidence on the effects of pro-natalist cash transfers on fertility, sex ratio at … total fertility rate in 2015 would have been 4.7% lower without the cash transfers. Surprisingly, the cash transfers had an … gestational age and birth weight, but no change in early-life mortality. A rich heterogeneity analysis suggests that negative …

weight and asphyxia, perinatal mortality increases immediately after the onset of WWII. The mortality effect is driven by …

(CEL) of 1997, and the differentiation in its implementation across regions, as instruments for schooling of young mothers … education of mothers increases the probability of completing the full course of DPT and Hepatitis B vaccinations for their … children. Furthermore, education increases the age of first marriage and birth, changes women's and their spouse's labour …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human … provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care arrangements. …

imposes a greater mental health burden on mothers than on fathers. It creates a long-run gender gap in antidepressant … differential help-seeking behavior across the sexes or postpartum depression. Instead, they are related to mothers' higher … investments in childcare: Mothers who take extended maternity leave in quasi-experimental settings are more likely to face mental …

mortality, for children living in the proximity of the site. Event studies suggest that the negative effects emerge 2-3 years … West Africa, in Ghana and Nigeria. We observe children born before and after the creation of these dumps, and estimate a …

that single women become mothers of young children. We use probit regression to analyze individual data from the U … having children within rather than outside of marriage. We thus expect passage of MWPAs and MWEAs to reduce the likelihood … children. We also find that the "de-coverture" acts' effects were stronger for literate women, U.S.-born women, in states with …