Lead exposure has detrimental effects on fertility, infants, children, and adults. Despite the success in removing lead … has been given to lead's impact on fertility, infant mortality, and infant health. This paper examines the existing quasi …-experimental literature on lead and fertility, infant mortality, and infant birth outcomes, highlighting key results, methods, and …

This paper presents novel causal evidence on the effects of pro-natalist cash transfers on fertility, sex ratio at … total fertility rate in 2015 would have been 4.7% lower without the cash transfers. Surprisingly, the cash transfers had an …

Family planning is a critical issue in countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, where high fertility rates …

Mexico. The Seguro Popular (SP) was rolled out in 2002-2010 across municipalities, providing exogenous variation in access to …

today. We investigate this puzzle by analyzing an abrupt, large-scale municipal water disinfection program in Mexico in 1991 … that increased the share of Mexico's population receiving chlorinated water from 55% to 85% within six months. We find that …

-contributory health insurance program in Mexico, the Seguro Popular (SP). SP provided access to health services without co-pays to …