during pregnancy. Moreover, those who did not use assisted reproductive technology present a higher prevalence of these … better health at birth even conditional on the observable maternal characteristics which predict selection. …

-range of birth outcomes, including birth weight, gestational age and an indicator of general newborn health. We control for … of having a late birth and negatively affected newborn health - with the largest effects for earthquakes that occurred in … the first and third trimesters of pregnancy. Our estimates are similar when we focus on just the impact of the initial …

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 …

-term outcomes, including lifetime income, health, cognitive skills, and education. Our results show that the school lunch program … attainment and health and these effects can explain a large part of the return to school lunches. …

exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy leads to a small but precisely estimated increase in the risk of …, where violence is endemic and are particularly pronounced among children of poorly educated mothers, implying that violence … compounds the disadvantage that these children already suffer as a result of their households' lower socioeconomic status. …

-partum, whether the mother breastfed, and duration of breastfeeding. Association of income outcomes with maternal pre-pregnancy …

In this paper, we estimate the effect of maternal displacements during pregnancy on birth outcomes by leveraging …

prenatal care and a beneficial effect of reduced work attendance during pregnancy. Our results demonstrate that multiple …

overall health status at birth. These effects are mainly driven by pollution exposure during the third trimester of pregnancy …We investigate the impact of fetal exposure to air pollution on health outcomes at birth in Italy in the 2000s … of health at birth. …