Early term birth is defined as birth at 37 or 38 weeks gestation. While infants born early term are not considered … premature, the medical literature suggests that they have an increased risk of serious adverse health outcomes compared to … attributed to changes in the demographic composition of mothers. We next exploit county-level variation in the timing of these …

physical postpartum health complications and improves her mental health. Our results suggest that mothers bear the burden from … impacts of paternal access to workplace flexibility on maternal postpartum health. We model household demand for paternal … documented — but also indirectly, as fathers' inability to respond to domestic shocks exacerbates the maternal health costs of …