bans impact the venue of smoking, and the health of children and infants. Using models that exploit state- and county … in terms of reducing smoking inside the home - an effect which may further explain the improvement in infant and children … sparse information exists regarding the impact these smoking bans at the state and local levels have on the health of …

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 …

: worker health. To study this question, we use data on lesser-skilled workers from the 1993-2014 Behavioral Risk Factor … wage increases lead to improvements in overall worker health. In fact, we find some evidence that minimum wage increases … may decrease some aspects of health, especially among unemployed male workers. We also find evidence that increases reduce …

counties. Nonetheless, there are no consistent effects of obstetric unit closure on maternal and infant health in the full … is a more consistent pattern of negative effects of closure on infant health. Importantly, the adoption of scope …/ethnic disparities in intrapartum care access and birth outcomes in rural areas of the US. To conduct causal inference, we combine …