supply, but very little is known about how the minimum wage affects health, including children's health. We address this … health. Using data on the entire universe of births in the US over 25 years, we find that an increase in the minimum wage is … associated with an increase in birth weight driven by increased gestational length and fetal growth rate. The effect size is …

We studied the effect of marijuana liberalization policies on perinatal health with a multiperiod difference … health. MMLs had no significant effect on maternal substance use disorder hospitalizations nor on newborn health and fairly …

Introduced as part of the War on Poverty, Community Health Centers (CHCs) deliver primary care to underserved … health using the rollout of CHCs and a flexible event study framework with Vital Statistics natality data. Our results show … that average birth weight increased, and low birth weight incidence decreased after a CHC opened in the mother's county of …

We use a unique data set of linked birth records from Florida to analyze the intergenerational transmission of health … grandmother fixed effects. The significant role of both maternal and paternal health at birth in explaining offspring health at … at birth by parental gender. We show that both paternal and maternal birth weights significantly predict the child …

the US during WWII. Incarcerated mothers had babies who were less healthy at birth. This decrease in health represents a …We study the intergenerational health consequences of forced displacement and incarceration of Japanese Americans in … have children with fathers of other ethnic groups but were more likely to receive prenatal care, invest in education, and …