We study how prenatal maternal stress, caused by sustained seismic activity, affects birth outcomes in Chile during the period 2011-2015. A mother-fixed-effect model together with the spatiotemporal variation of earthquakes in Chile allow us to deal with identification issues that have obscured...

We study how prenatal maternal stress, caused by sustained seismic activity, affects birth outcomes in Chile during the period 2011-2015. A mother-fixed-effect model together with the spatiotemporal variation of earthquakes in Chile allow us to deal with identification issues that have obscured...

Notes that the program improved several birth outcomes across the sites studied, reduced infant mortality in two sites, and was particularly successful at linking women and their families to prenatal care.

Nonmarital childbearing has increased dramatically in the United States in recent decades. A great deal of attention has been paid by both academics and policy makers to this increase, in part because of concerns that having a single mother negatively affects child outcomes. We use the Early...

Notes that the program improved several birth outcomes across the sites studied, reduced infant mortality in two sites, and was particularly successful at linking women and their families to prenatal care.

This study examines the effects of prenatal WIC participation and the use of prenatal care on Medicaid costs and birth outcomes in five states—Florida, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.