comparing single women with and without children, or comparing single mothers with different numbers of children, I show that … mothers who were unaffected by welfare reform (but eligible for the EITC) did not respond. Overall and contrary to consensus …

This paper studies the effect of mothers' education on fertility in a population with very low female labor force …

children born to less educated and minority mothers are more likely to be exposed to pollution in utero and that white, college … educated mothers are particularly responsive to changes in environmental amenities. I estimate that differences in exposure to … toxic releases may explain 6% of the gap in incidence of low birth weight between infants of white college educated mothers …

benefits. If income is protective of health, we should see improvements over time in the health for mothers eligible for the … Surveillance Survey, we find in difference-in-difference models that for low-educated mothers of two or more children, the number … of days with poor mental health and the fraction reporting excellent or very good health improved relative to the mothers …

We show that close geographical proximity to mothers or mothers-in-law has a substantial positive effect on the labor … for married women with young children living in close proximity to their mothers or their mothers-in-law compared with …

the incidence of diabetes in the population of future mothers. The exposed mothers are less likely to be married, have …