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Effects of Restrictive Abortion Legislation on Cohort Mortality Evidence from 19th Century Law Variation
Lahey, Joanna; Wanamaker, Marianne H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
outcomes. We generalize a model of fertility, highlighting assumptions under which these abortion predictions can be reversed …Recent studies based on 20th century US data conclude that abortion access raises children's average socioeconomic …. Using 19th century abortion restrictions, we empirically demonstrate these points. Despite a more than 5 percent increase in …
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Occupational Hazard? An Analysis of Birth Outcomes Among Physician Mothers
Jena, Anupam B.; Slusky, David; Springer, Lilly - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Training to become a physician involves long work hours that can be physically demanding, particularly for surgeons. Are birth outcomes of physician mothers affected as a result? Using Texas birth data from 2007-2014, we compared birth outcomes between physicians and another highly educated...
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Family Planning, Now and Later : Infertility Fears and Contraceptive Take-Up
Bau, Natalie; Henning, David J.; Low, Corinne; Millett … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Early fertility is a key barrier to female human capital attainment in sub-Saharan Africa, yet contraceptive take …
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How Costs Limit Contraceptive Use among Low-Income Women in the U.S : A Randomized Control Trial
Bailey, Martha J.; Lang, Vanessa Wanner; Prettyman, Alexa; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The Affordable Care Act eliminated cost-sharing for contraception for Americans with health insurance, but substantial cost sharing remains for uninsured individuals who seek care through Title X--a national family planning program that provides patient-centered, subsidized contraception and...
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Another Day, Another Visit : Impact of Arkansas's Mandatory Waiting Period for Women Seeking an Abortion by Demographic Groups
Altındaǧ, Onur; Joyce, Theodore J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Twenty-six states require that women seeking an abortion wait between 18 and 72 hours after receipt of counseling … before the abortion can be completed. Thirteen states require that the counseling be given in person necessitating at least … two visits to the provider. In April of 2015, Arkansas increased the waiting period for an abortion from 24 to 48 hours …
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Comprehensive E-cigarette Flavor Bans and Tobacco Use among Youth and Adults
Saffer, Henry; Ozdogan, Selen; Grossman, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The vast majority of youth e-cigarette users consume flavored e-cigarettes, raising concerns from public health advocates that flavors may drive youth initiation into and continued use of e-cigarettes. Flavors drew further notice from the public health community following the sudden outbreak of...
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The Sweet Life : The Long-Term Effects of a Sugar-Rich Early Childhood
Gertler, Paul J.; Gračner, Tadeja - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We show that sugar-rich diet early in life has large adverse effects on the health and economic well-being of adults more than fifty years later. Excessive sugar intake early in life led to higher prevalence of chronic inflammation, diabetes, elevated cholesterol and arthritis. It also decreased...
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Targeting Precision Medicine : Evidence from Prenatal Screening
Conner, Peter; Einav, Liran; Finkelstein, Amy; Persson, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Medical technologies can target care to patients identified through screening, raising questions of how broadly to screen for potential use. We explore this empirically in the context of a non-invasive prenatal screening, cfDNA, which is used to target a more costly invasive test that elevates...
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Community-Based Health Programs and Child Vaccinations : Evidence from Madagascar
Herrera, Catalina; Rosales-Rueda, Maria - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Vaccinations are a cost-effective tool to prevent child mortality and morbidity; however, their access and take-up remain low in developing countries. We analyze the effects on child vaccinations of a large-scale community-based health worker program that aimed to reach remote areas distant from...
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The Hidden Cost of Firearm Violence on Pregnant Women and Their Infants
Currie, Janet M.; Dursun, Bahadir; Hatch, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Firearm violence is a pervasive public health crisis in the United States, with significant numbers of homicides involving firearms, including indiscriminate shootings in public spaces. This paper investigates the largely unexplored consequences of stress induced by these attacks on newborn...
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