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Minimum Drinking Age Laws and Infant Health Outcomes
Watson, Tara - 2010
Alcohol policies have potentially far-reaching impacts on risky sexual behavior, prenatal health behaviors, and subsequent outcomes for infants. We examine whether changes in minimum drinking age (MLDA) laws affect the likelihood of poor birth outcomes. Using data from the National Vital...
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Alcohol Exposure in Utero and Child Academic Achievement
von Hinke Kessler Scholder, Stephanie - 2014
We examine the effect of alcohol exposure in utero on child academic achievement. As well as studying the effect of any alcohol exposure, we investigate the effect of the dose, pattern, and duration of exposure. We use a genetic variant in the maternal alcohol-metabolism gene ADH1B as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013060260
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Effect of an Abrupt Change in Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy on Adolescent Birth Rates in Ecuador, 2008–2017
Galárraga, Ph.D., Omar - 2019
In recent years, several countries have implemented restrictive, abstinence-only policies toward reproductive health, as opposed to comprehensive, adolescent-friendly health services. Little is known, however, about the effects of these restrictive policies on adolescent birth rates at the...
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How Much Can Expanding Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Reduce Teen Birth Rates?
Lindo, Jason M. - 2015
long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), which are more effective at preventing pregnancy than more commonly used …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021013
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Education, HIV, and Early Fertility : Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Duflo, Esther - 2014
A seven-year randomized evaluation suggests education subsidies reduce adolescent girls' dropout, pregnancy, and … marriage, does not reduce pregnancy or STI. Both programs combined reduce STI more, but cut dropout and pregnancy less, than … education subsidies alone. These results are inconsistent with a model of schooling and sexual behavior in which both pregnancy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039634
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Does Participation in Transfer Programs During Pregnancy Improve Birth Weight?
Currie, Janet; Cole, Nancy - 2021
literature by examining the relationship between a mother's participation during pregnancy in Aid to Families with Dependent … during pregnancy and the birth weight of her child. However, it should be kept in mind that birth weight is only one measure …
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Race and Pregnancy Outcomes in the Twentieth Century : A Long-Term Comparison
Costa, Dora L. - 2021
Differentials between blacks and whites in birth weights and prematurity and stillbirth rates have been persistent over the entire twentieth century. Differences in prematurity rates explain a large proportion of the black-white gap in birth weights both among babies attended by Johns Hopkins...
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The Missing Baby Bust : The Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Contraceptive Use, Pregnancy, and Childbirth Among Low-Income Women
Bailey, Martha J.; Bart, Lea; Lang, Vanessa Wanner - 2022
Multiple episodes in U.S. history demonstrate that birth rates fall in response to recessions. However, the 2020 COVID-19 recession differed from earlier periods in that employment and access to contraception and abortion fell, as reproductive health centers across the country temporarily closed...
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The Effect of Medicaid Abortion Funding Restrictions on Abortions, Pregnancies, and Births
Levine, Phillip B.; Trainor, Amy B.; Zimmerman, David J. - 2021
experiment which is utilized to examine fertility behavior. Multivariate models controlling for state and, in the NLSY, personal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013229351
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Superfund Cleanups and Infant Health
Currie, Janet - 2011
We are the first to examine the effect of Superfund cleanups on infant health rather than focusing on proximity to a site. We study singleton births to mothers residing within 5km of a Superfund site between 1989-2003 in five large states. Our "difference in differences" approach compares birth...
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