Almond, Douglas; Currie, Janet M.; Herrmann, Mariesa A. - 2011
NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. This paper examines the links between the disease environment around the time … of a woman's birth, and her health at the time she delivers her own infant. Our results suggest that exposure to disease … as well as disease exposure. Among blacks, we find that maternal exposure reduces the incidence of low birth weight. The …