children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn … children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not …

While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in … two children with the same mother but where a parent of the mother died during one of the pregnancies - augmented with a …

of children from poorer families. -- birth weight ; twins ; education ; IQ ; earnings …

health. Using extensive information from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Children (LSAC), we contribute to the … information on children's health, family background, mothers' pre-birth work histories and mothers' health behaviours during … literature by estimating the effect of paid parental leave entitlements on child health up to age seven. Exploiting detailed …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …

How do parental resources early in life affect children's health and schooling outcomes? We address this question by … how additional parental time and monetary resources impacts both the existing and new child's educational and health …. The effects are prevalent primarily among children to high-income mothers. Impacts are driven by a combination of a …

,000 deaths. Combining birth history data drawn from the 2000 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey with prefecture … children who were only exposed while in utero. This evidence points to the existence of long-term disruptive effects on the … cohorts of children exposed to the violence. …

We present evidence on the health impacts and mechanisms of a large expansion in non-contributory health insurance in … health services without co-pays. Our intent-to-treat estimates show that SP reduced child mortality by 7% in poor … municipalities, saving 861 children/year. The decline is driven mainly by deaths due to preventable causes, such as diarrhea and …