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Saving lives at birth: The impact of home births on infant outcomes
Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; van Ewijk, Reyn - 2012
home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in location of birth, we exploit the exogenous variation in distance … in newborn mortality. We provide suggestive evidence that proximity to medical technologies may be an important channel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289867
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And thou shalt honor : children's caregiving, work and religion
Mazzotta, Fernanda; Bettio, Francesca; Zigante, Valentina - 2018 - draft, March 2018
In this paper we take a fresh look at the magnitude of the trade-off between caring informally for a parent and paid work. We adopt a simultaneous approach with a primary focus on how hours of care are influenced by hours of work rather than the other way round. We also investigate the role that...
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Dark Passage : Mental Health Consequences of Parental Death
Bockerman, Petri; Haapanen, Mika; Jepsen, Christopher - 2021
This paper studies the causal effect of parental death on children’s mental health. Combining several nationwide register-based data for Finnish citizens born between 1971 and 1986, we use an event study methodology to analyze hospitalization for mental health-related reasons by the age of 30....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224254
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Dark passage : mental health consequences of parental death
Böckerman, Petri; Haapanen, Mika; Jepsen, Christopher - 2021
This paper studies the causal effect of parental death on children’s mental health. Combining several nationwide register-based data for Finnish citizens born between 1971 and 1986, we use an event study methodology to analyze hospitalization for mental health-related reasons by the age of 30....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012533883
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Spillover effects of early-life medical interventions
Breining, Sanni Nørgaard; Daysal, N. Meltem; Simonsen, … - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529408
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Saving lives at birth : the impact of home births on infant outcomes
Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; Ewijk, Reyn van - 2012
home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in location of birth, we exploit the exogenous variation in distance … in newborn mortality. We provide suggestive evidence that proximity to medical technologies may be an important channel … contributing to these health gains. -- medical technology ; birth ; home birth ; mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629032
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Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation : medical care and public health interventions in early childhood may improve human capital accumulation as well as child hea...
Daysal, N. Meltem - 2015
Ample empirical evidence links adverse conditions during early childhood (the period from conception to age five) to worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433879
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Saving Lives at Birth : The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes
Daysal, N. Meltem - 2012
home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in location of birth, we exploit the exogenous variation in distance … in newborn mortality. We provide suggestive evidence that proximity to medical technologies may be an important channel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099684
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The Timing of Early Interventions and Child and Maternal Health
Hirani, Jonas Lau-Jensen - 2020
While a large literature studies the impact of exposure to early-life investment policies, this paper examines the impact of changes within a program, the Danish nurse home visiting program, on child and maternal health. We exploit variation induced by a nurse strike, which resulted in families...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838935
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Adult Medicaid Benefit Generosity and Receipt of Recommended Health Services among Low-Income Children : The Spillover Effects of Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage Expansions
Lipton, Brandy J. - 2019
Low-income children are less likely to receive recommended health services than their high-income counterparts. This paper examines whether the design of parental Medicaid benefit packages could serve as a mechanism for reducing income-based disparities in unmet health care needs, considering...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889420