Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the … health behaviors for pregnant women, which is a group of particular interest given evidence of the importance of prenatal … health to later life outcomes. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility expansions for pregnant …

This study investigates the effects of maternal education on child's health and health behavior. We draw on a rich … effects on health behavior for adolescent daughters, but neither for adolescent sons nor for the health status of newborns. We …'s health behavior, assortative mating, household income, and child¿s schooling track as possible channels of the estimated …

Demographic and Health Survey of 2008 - 2009 together with additional administrative data. Both a single-level model and a multi … on birth weight. The results imply that infant health can be improved by using prenatal care adequately. The study calls … for the pursuit of policies that encourage adequate use of prenatal care by expectant mothers such as ensuring …

care use. Antenatal care serves as the initial point of contact of expectant mothers to maternal health care providers … this improves their use of maternal health services. Policy should also target mothers who have had the experience of child …The study investigates the effect of wealth on maternal health care utilization in Ghana via its effect on Antenatal …