first year of life. We perform a difference-in-differences estimation and show that the smoking ban has improved health at …In 2012, smoking restrictions were extended to hospitality venues in Hungary. Women working in bars and restaurants … were primarily affected by the intervention. In this research, we analyze the effect of this smoking ban on the outcomes of …

sparse information exists regarding the impact these smoking bans at the state and local levels have on the health of … bans impact the venue of smoking, and the health of children and infants. Using models that exploit state- and county …-level changes to smoking ban legislation over time, estimates suggest that smoking bans have improved the health of both infants and …

We evaluate the effects of home visiting targeted towards disadvantaged first-time mothers on maternal and child health … administrative health data. In a context in which the target group has comprehensive health care access, we find that home visiting … has no effects on most types of health utilization, health behaviors, and physical health measures. However, the …

We evaluate the effects of home visiting targeted towards disadvantaged first-time mothers on maternal and child health … administrative health data. In a context in which the target group has comprehensive health care access, we find that home visiting … has no effects on most types of health utilization, health behaviors, and physical health measures. However, the …

This paper examines the effect of Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa Saude da Familia, FHP) on cognitive skills …

of early life tobacco exposure on measures of children’s well-being such as asthma, asthma severity, self-reported health …’s health: a one dollar increase in cigarette taxes reduces the prevalence of asthma by 3.4 percentage points, and raises school …

sample. The increase in smoking, which is a significant cause of poor infant health, may partly explain why Medicaid …Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the … health behaviors for pregnant women, which is a group of particular interest given evidence of the importance of prenatal …

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 … endowments and investments (education and smoking in pregnancy) on the probability of having a baby who is small for gestational …