We estimate the effect of illicit drug use during pregnancy on low birth weight. We use data from a national …

We examine the extent to which infant health production functions are sensitive to model specification and measurement …-standard covariates (NSCs), input reporting, and characterization of infant health. The TUVs represent wantedness, taste for risky … behavior, and maternal health endowment. The NSCs include father and family structure characteristics. We estimate effects of …

.S. on maternal health behaviors and infant health outcomes. Using multi-state, multi-year difference-in-differences analyses …, we estimated effects of state EITC generosity on maternal health behaviors, birth weight and gestation weeks. We find … little difference in maternal health behaviors associated with state-level EITC. In contrast, results for key infant health …

We are the first to examine the effect of Superfund cleanups on infant health rather than focusing on proximity to a …

stress, our results are supportive of the idea that stressful events in pregnancy can damage the health of the fetus. However …A growing literature suggests that stressful events in pregnancy can have negative effects on birth outcomes. Some of … during pregnancy. The data allow us to measure outcomes precisely and to follow the same mother over time; we also suggest …

health, and thereby may improve the average health of children conceived … and newborn health. Our empirical strategy combines multiple sources of information and takes into account the seasonality … number of children born to unmarried mothers, from mothers in their early 20's, and to primiparae women. Moreover, we find …

Research has found that season of birth is associated with later health and professional outcomes; what drives this … association remains unclear. In this paper we consider a new explanation: that children born at different times in the year are … women giving birth throughout the year in the United States. Children born in the winter are disproportionally born to women …

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

during the pandemic are shorter as children/adolescents and less educated compared to other birth cohorts. We also find that … they are more likely to have serious health problems including kidney disease, circulatory and respiratory problems, and … diabetes in old age. Despite possible positive selection on health outcomes due to high infant mortality rates during this …