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Weathering the Storm : Hurricanes and Birth Outcomes

Currie, Janet - 2012

A growing literature suggests that stressful events in pregnancy can have negative effects on birth outcomes. Some of the estimates in this literature may be affected by small samples, omitted variables, endogenous mobility in response to disasters, and errors in the measurement of gestation, as...

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When Dad Can Stay Home : Fathers' Workplace Flexibility and Maternal Health

Persson, Petra - 2019

While workplace flexibility is perceived to be a key determinant of maternal labor supply, less is known about fathers' demand for flexibility or about intra-household spillover effects of flexibility initiatives. This paper examines these issues in the context of a critical period in family...

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What to Expect When it Gets Hotter : The Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Extreme Heat on Maternal Health

Kim, Jiyoon - 2019

We use temperature variation within narrowly-defined geographic and demographic cells to show that exposure to extreme heat increases the risk of maternal hospitalization during pregnancy for potentially life-threatening causes. We find that this effect is driven by women residing in...

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Parental Responses to Child Support Obligations : Evidence from Administrative Data

Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2016

We leverage non-linearities in Danish child support guidelines and rich administrative data to provide causal estimates … of parental behavioral responses to child support obligations. We estimate that a 1,000 DKK ($149) increase in a father …'s obligation is associated with a 506 DKK ($75) increase in his payment. A higher obligation also reduces father-child co …

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Every Breath You Take - Every Dollar You'll Make : The Long-Term Consequences of the Clean Air Act of 1970

Isen, Adam - 2015

This paper examines the long-term impacts of early childhood exposure to air pollution on adult outcomes using U.S. administrative data. We exploit changes in air pollution driven by the 1970 Clean Air Act to analyze the difference in outcomes between cohorts born in counties before and after...

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Violence While in Utero : The Impact of Assaults During Pregnancy on Birth Outcomes

Currie, Janet - 2018

We study the effects of prenatal exposure to violent crime on infant health, using New York City crime records linked to mothers' addresses in birth records data. We address endogeneity of assault exposure with three strategies and find that in utero assault exposure significantly increases the...

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Childhood Health Shocks, Comparative Advantage, and Long-Term Outcomes : Evidence from the Last Danish Polio Epidemic

Gensowski, Miriam - 2018

A large literature documents that childhood health shocks have lasting negative consequences for adult outcomes. This paper demonstrates that the adversity of childhood physical disability can be mediated by individuals' educational and occupational choices, which reflect their comparative...

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What is the Added Value of Preschool for Poor Children? Long-Term and Intergenerational Impacts and Interactions with an Infant Health Intervention

Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2016

We study the impact of preschool targeted at children from low-income families over the life cycle and across generations, and examine its interaction with an infant health intervention. Using Danish administrative data with variation in the timing of program implementation over 1933-1960, we...

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Maternity and Family Leave Policy

Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2017

advancement. Third, extensions in existing paid leave policies have no impact on measures of child well-being, but the …

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