This study investigates whether rights to paid parental leave improve pediatric health, as measured by birth weights … senior citizens, whose health is not expected to be affected by parental leave. More generous leave rights are found to … reduce deaths of infants and young children. The magnitudes of the estimated effects are substantial, especially for those …

While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in … two children with the same mother but where a parent of the mother died during one of the pregnancies--augmented with a …

of children from poorer families …

impacts of paternal access to workplace flexibility on maternal postpartum health. We model household demand for paternal … physical postpartum health complications and improves her mental health. Our results suggest that mothers bear the burden from … documented—but also indirectly, as fathers' inability to respond to domestic shocks exacerbates the maternal health costs of …

This paper evaluates the health impact of a signature initiative of the War on Poverty: the roll out of the modern Food …

poor health of young slave children. The sources of deprivation can be traced to the fetal period. The slave work routine …

. A natural question is whether further reductions will yield additional health benefits. We further this research by … air pollution levels, and (2) what is the impact of modern air pollution levels on infant health? Our setting is …

birth weight and gestational age of the newborns of these mothers. An increase in earnings does not influence the health of …

Birth weight has emerged as the leading indicator of infant health and welfare and the central focus of infant health … policy. This is because low birth weight (LBW) infants experience severe health and developmental difficulties that can … impose enormous costs on society. But would the prevention of LBW generate equally sizable cost savings and health …