and post-neonatal mortality, a reduction in fertility and, possibly on account of selection, no change in the quality of … births. Using rich administrative data, we investigate changes in organization, access and outcomes, thereby illuminating the … and hospital beds per capita. Despite this, we see increases in hospital births, C-sections, and maternal hospitalization …

variation in contraceptive access to demonstrate that it reduced the rates of both extremely preterm births and infant mortality …This paper documents an important unintended consequence of expanding contraceptive access; namely that it creates …-acting reversible contraceptives to reproductive-age women in the St. Louis metropolitan area as a source of plausibly exogenous …

We document increased old-age mortality rates among Swedish twin mothers compared to non-twin mothers. Results are … based on administrative data on mortality for the years 1990 to 2010. We argue that twins are an unplanned shock to … fertility in the cohorts of older women considered. Deaths due to lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart …

inductions can explain about one-third of the overall increase in birth weights for term births between 2010 and 2013. …Early term birth is defined as birth at 37 or 38 weeks gestation. While infants born early term are not considered … infants born at term (39 or 40 weeks). Despite these known harms, we document a rise in early term births in the United States …