We investigate the spillover effects of early-life medical treatments on the siblings of treated children. We use a … regression discontinuity design that exploits changes in medical treatments across the very low birth weight (VLBW) cutoff. Using … administrative data from Denmark, we first confirm the findings in the previous literature that children who are slightly below the …

for total number of lifetime children and desire for additional pregnancy is not statistically different from average … additional pregnancy and a 15% higher ideal number of lifetime children. They have also 53% lower probability of using any …

Many developed countries have recently experienced sharp increases in home birth rates. This paper investigates the … home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in location of birth, we exploit the exogenous variation in distance … from a mother's residence to the closest hospital. We find that giving birth in a hospital leads to substantial reductions …

Many developed countries have recently experienced sharp increases in home birth rates. This paper investigates the … home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in location of birth, we exploit the exogenous variation in distance … from a mother's residence to the closest hospital. We find that giving birth in a hospital leads to substantial reductions …

This paper is one of the first to examine the associations between prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes …, specifically the incidence of low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA), based on a nationally representative … birth record dataset in China. During the sample period in the 1990s, migration was limited in rural China, allowing us to …

probability of a low-risk birth being attended by an obstetrician at gestational week 37. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity …

This paper is one of the first to examine the associations between prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes …, specifically the incidence of low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA), based on a nationally representative … birth record dataset in China. During the sample period in the 1990s, migration was limited in rural China, allowing us to …

treated children by 69.8 grams and reduced the probability of low birth weight by 3.6 percentage points. We also find that …, Infants and Children (WIC), the food basket is simpler and the gains on birth weight are larger. …We study the impact of a Canadian prenatal nutrition program on child health at birth. The objective of the "oeuf …

This paper is one of the first to examine the associations between prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes …, specifically the incidence of low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA), based on a nationally representative … birth record dataset in China. During the sample period in the 1990s, migration was limited in rural China, allowing us to …