We document increased old-age mortality rates among Swedish twin mothers compared to non-twin mothers. Results are … pension income shows the highest increase in mortality rates among highly educated mothers and those with above-median pension … based on administrative data on mortality for the years 1990 to 2010. We argue that twins are an unplanned shock to …

children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our … children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … cutoff due date. As an additional source of exogenous variation, we use information on non-working mothers, who are not …

children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our … children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … cutoff due date. As an additional source of exogenous variation, we use information on non-working mothers, who are not …

-monotonically with parental income, and that children of parents in the top ventile of the income distribution have higher rates of low … birth weight and preterm birth than those in the bottom ventile. However, unlike birth outcomes, infant mortality varies … between income and maternal mortality. At the same time, these disparities by parental income are small when compared to …