This paper reports an experiment in over 3,000 Indonesian villages designed to test the role of performance incentives … to improve 12 maternal and child health and education indicators, with the size of the subsequent year's block grant …. We find that the incentivized villages performed better on health than the non-incentivized villages, particularly in …

children born to less educated and minority mothers are more likely to be exposed to pollution in utero and that white, college …Recent research shows that health at birth is affected by many factors, including maternal education, behaviors, and … generations. Exposure to environmental pollution is one potential determinant of health at birth that has received increasing …

Firearm violence is a pervasive public health crisis in the United States, with significant numbers of homicides … consequences of stress induced by these attacks on newborn health. We use two approaches to examine this question. First, we …, led to significant terror and disruptions in daily life over a three-week period. We compare birth outcomes of children …

.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 …

relationship between income and child development in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Treated mothers and children experienced large … which randomly-selected mothers receive cash transfers for the first two years of their child's life, we examine the …

investments in children, starting from encouraging pre-natal and maternal care and early childhood health interventions and … impacts of Indonesia's cash transfer program (PKH) six years after the program launched, using data from about 14 …,000 households in 360 sub-districts across Indonesia, taking advantage of the fact that treatment and control locations remained …

Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal …

that children in poor health will, more likely, face obstacles beyond their illness, since they will also be more likely to …The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence on the effect of child health on marital stability and family … structure within an economic framework. We use the 1988 National Health Interview Survey's Child Health Supplement, with a …

health endowments across counties. The results indicate that early first trimester initiation of prenatal care leads to a …