and post-neonatal mortality, a reduction in fertility and, possibly on account of selection, no change in the quality of … births. Using rich administrative data, we investigate changes in organization, access and outcomes, thereby illuminating the … and hospital beds per capita. Despite this, we see increases in hospital births, C-sections, and maternal hospitalization …

variation in contraceptive access to demonstrate that it reduced the rates of both extremely preterm births and infant mortality …This paper documents an important unintended consequence of expanding contraceptive access; namely that it creates …-acting reversible contraceptives to reproductive-age women in the St. Louis metropolitan area as a source of plausibly exogenous …

inductions can explain about one-third of the overall increase in birth weights for term births between 2010 and 2013. …Early term birth is defined as birth at 37 or 38 weeks gestation. While infants born early term are not considered … infants born at term (39 or 40 weeks). Despite these known harms, we document a rise in early term births in the United States …

1900-1940, and using a rich data set that we assembled from primary sources, we find that requiring midwives to be licensed … reduced maternal mortality by 6 to 7 percent. In addition, we find that requiring midwives to be licensed may have had led to … merits of licensing midwives. …

expanding access to long-acting reversible contraceptives to lower income women creates positive selection in the health of the … children being born, reducing the rates of extremely preterm births and infant mortality. My most conservative estimates … suggest reductions of 1.1 extremely preterm births and 0.9 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, with the largest reduction in …

effect of prenatal temperature exposure on birth sex by linking data on 5 million births in 33 sub-Saharan African countries …Sex ratios at birth shape populations and are linked to maternal health and gender discrimination. We estimate the … births in both regions. In sub-Saharan Africa, we observe fewer male births after high first trimester temperature exposure …

more pronounced impacts among infants and the elderly, and a moderate reduction in the birth rates, primarily among … measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey …

-in-differences design. We find that closures lead mothers to experience a significant change in birth procedures such as inductions and C …

that no longer had an abortion provider within 50 miles. Births increased 1% and contraceptive purchases rose 8% in … clinic access on abortions, births, and contraceptive purchases. In-state abortions fell 20% and births rose 3% in counties … services and increased restrictions on abortion clinic operations. Together this legislation creates cross-county variation in …

probability of a low-risk birth being attended by an obstetrician at gestational week 37. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity … care unit admissions among births supervised by obstetricians. These results indicate potential cost savings from increased …