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Can expanding contraceptive access reduce adverse infant health outcomes?
Flynn, James - 2024
This paper uses the implementation of a privately funded family planning program in Colorado to demonstrate that expanding access to long-acting reversible contraceptives to lower income women creates positive selection in the health of the children being born, reducing the rates of extremely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014582281
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Air pollution and infant mortality : evidence from the expansion of natural gas infrastructure
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2013
infant mortality in Turkey using variation across provinces and over time in the adoption of natural gas as a cleaner fuel … infant mortality in Turkey. In particular, a one-percentage point increase in the rate of subscriptions to natural gas … matter and 0.63 for sulfur dioxide. -- air pollution ; infant mortality ; environment ; natural gas ; coal ; Turkey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009699317
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality : Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Cesur, Resul - 2013
infant mortality in Turkey using variation across provinces and over time in the adoption of natural gas as a cleaner fuel … infant mortality in Turkey. In particular, a one-percentage point increase in the rate of subscriptions to natural gas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087407
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality : Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2013
the rate of infant mortality in Turkey. In particular, a one percentage point increase in the rate of subscriptions to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014039477
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Can Expanding Contraceptive Access Reduce Adverse Infant Health Outcomes?
Flynn, James - 2023
This paper demonstrates that expanding access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs) to lower-income women creates positive selection in the health of the cohorts of children being born. I exploit the staggered timing of three privately funded programs which distributed LARCs at no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014357996
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Religion, politician identity and development outcomes : evidence from India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Cassan, Guilhem; … - 2013
This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes, both for citizens of their religious group and for the population as a whole. To control for politician identity to be correlated with constituency level voter preferences or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009763154
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Does paid family leave save infant lives? : evidence from United States
Chen, Feng - 2021
One goal of the paid family leave (PFL) is to help working mothers balance their careers and family responsibilities and hence improve the well-being of their infants. However, most studies of PFL on early childhood outcomes have been based on the analyses of surviving infants. If PFL reduces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012581451
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Evaluation of the impact of the mother and infant health project in Ukraine
Nizalova, Olena; Vyshnya, Maria - 2009
This paper exploits a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of the quality change in the labor and delivery services on maternal and infant health. Since basic medical care has been universally available in Ukraine, implementation of the Mother and Infant Health Project allows addressing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923569
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Climate change impacts on birth outcomes in Brazil
Pereda, Paula Carvalho; Menezes, Tatiane; Alves, … - 2014
This paper attempts to identify the climatic effect on birth outcomes in Brazil and, thus, to predict the potential impact of climate change. Panel data models indicate that excess and lack of rainfall have the most important harmful effects on newborns' health; temperature stresses and low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285571
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Paying patients for prenatal care : the effect of a small cash transfer on stillbirths and survival
Celhay, Pablo; Johannsen, Julia; Martinez, Sebastian; … - 2017
We study the effects of conditional cash transfers to pregnant women on stillbirths and child survival in Bolivia. Payments are conditional on compliance with medically recommended prenatal care and skilled birth attendance. At a value equivalent to just 1% of monthly household consumption, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715444