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Mother's Schooling and Fertility Under Low Female Labor Force Participation : Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Lavy, Victor - 2011

This paper studies the effect of mothers' education on fertility in a population with very low female labor force participation. The results we present are particularly relevant to many countries in the Muslim world where 70-80 percent of women are still out of the labor force. For...

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Inequality at Birth : Some Causes and Consequences

Currie, Janet - 2011

Recent research shows that health at birth is affected by many factors, including maternal education, behaviors, and participation in social programs. In turn, endowments at birth are predictive of adult outcomes, and of the outcomes of future generations. Exposure to environmental pollution is...

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The Benefits of Breastfeeding Across the Early Years of Childhood

Belfield, Clive R. - 2010

more recent times. Yet, key identification issues remain to be resolved, including the array of possible child development … that promote child health. This study uses the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey - Birth Cohort to explore the causal … set of potential confounding factors that also promote child development, our empirical method uses simultaneous equations …

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Giving Mom a Break : The Impact of Higher EITC Payments on Maternal Health

Evans, William N. - 2010

EITC with two or more children compared to those with only one child. Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factors … with only one child. Using data from the National Health Examination and Nutrition Survey, we find evidence that the …

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Early Maternal Employment and Family Wellbeing

Chatterji, Pinka - 2011

This study uses longitudinal data from the NICHD Study on Early Child Care (SECC) to examine the effects of maternal …

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Maternal Stress and Child Outcomes : Evidence from Siblings

Aizer, Anna - 2012

We study how maternal stress affects offspring outcomes. We find that in-utero exposure to elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol negatively affects offspring cognition, health and educational attainment. These findings are based on comparisons between siblings which limits variation to...

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The Impact of Mothers' Earnings on Health Inputs and Infant Health

Mocan, Naci H. - 2013

This paper investigates the impact of mothers' earnings on birth weight and gestational age of infants. It also analyzes the impact of earnings on mothers' consumption of prenatal medical care, and their propensity to smoke and drink during pregnancy. The paper uses census-division- and...

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Fasting During Pregnancy and Children's Academic Performance

Almond, Douglas - 2012

We consider the effects of daytime fasting by pregnant women during the lunar month of Ramadan on their children's test scores at age seven. Using English register data, we find that scores are .05 to .08 standard deviations lower for Pakistani and Bangladeshi students exposed to Ramadan in...

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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India

Jayachandran, Seema - 2010

food-borne disease, our model also makes predictions regarding health outcomes. We find that child-mortality patterns … suggest that the gender gap in breastfeeding explains 14 percent of excess female child mortality in India, or about 22 …

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The Effect of Maternal Depression and Substance Abuse on Child Human Capital Development

Frank, Richard G. - 2009

on child behavioral, cognitive, and educational related outcomes. We find no evidence that maternal symptoms of … effect on child behavioral problems. These findings suggest that the social benefits of effective behavioral health …

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