Since 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been displaying HCAHPS Star Ratings on Hospital …

Fertility in the United States rose from a low of 2.27 children for women born in 1908 to a peak of 3.21 children for … women born in 1932. It dropped to a new low of 1.74 children for women born in 1949, before stabilizing for subsequent … in pregnancy-related mortality and the differential exposure by cohort. We find that the decline in maternal mortality is …

This paper examines the impact of the decline in maternal mortality on fertility and women's human capital. Fertility … theory suggests that a permanent decline in maternal mortality initially increases fertility and generates a permanent rise … in women's human capital, relative to men. The resulting rise in the opportunity cost of children leads to a subsequent …