on the health of young adults. We find that an additional $100 in the average annual EITC exposure between ages 0 and 18 … increases the likelihood of reporting very good or excellent health by 2.7 percentage points and decreases the likelihood of …, and increases in health insurance coverage are channels through which the EITC improves health …

services on maternal and infant health. Since basic medical care has been universally available in Ukraine, implementation of … the Mother and Infant Health Project allows addressing quality rather than quantity effect of medical care. Employing … improvements in both maternal and infant health compared to the control rayons. Among the infant health outcomes, the MIHP impact …

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

We evaluate the effects of home visiting targeted towards disadvantaged first-time mothers on maternal and child health … administrative health data. In a context in which the target group has comprehensive health care access, we find that home visiting … has no effects on most types of health utilization, health behaviors, and physical health measures. However, the …

premature, the medical literature suggests that they have an increased risk of serious adverse health outcomes compared to … attributed to changes in the demographic composition of mothers. We next exploit county-level variation in the timing of these …

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 …

of the EITC necessarily protects its primary class of recipients, unskilled single mothers, against major risks they face … counterfactual in which it is completely eliminated.We find that the EITC provides substantial insurance to unskilled single mothers … incentives to work: The model suggests that the EITC increases the labor supply of unskilled single mothers substantially at the …

offspring of mothers who experienced the China Great Leap Forward Famine. The direct impact on entrance to senior high school is …

impact on birth outcomes of children of female workers who are affected by smoking bans in the workplace. Analyzing a 2004 … law change in Norway that extended smoking restrictions to bars and restaurants, we find that children of female workers … suggestive evidence of substituting behavior, i.e. a greater likelihood of smoking at home among fathers, since children born to …

The paper analyzes the impact of an experimental maternal and child health and family-planning program that was … nearly two decades. Women in program villages also experienced other benefits: lower child mortality, improved health status …, and greater use of preventive health inputs. Some benefits also diffused beyond the boundaries of the program villages …