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We investigate universalization of access to health in Brazil. We find large reductions in maternal, foetal, neonatal and post-neonatal mortality, a reduction in fertility and, possibly on account of selection, no change in the quality of births. Using rich administrative data, we investigate...

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Can expanding contraceptive access reduce adverse infant health outcomes?

Flynn, James - 2024

This paper uses the implementation of a privately funded family planning program in Colorado to demonstrate that expanding access to long-acting reversible contraceptives to lower income women creates positive selection in the health of the children being born, reducing the rates of extremely...

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Who benefits from free health insurance : evidence from Mexico

Conti, Gabriella; Ginja, Rita - 2023

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‘Religion and Fertility in India: The role of son preference and daughter aversion’

Borooah, V.; Iyer, S. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2004

This paper brings together the notion of ‘son preference’ and the complementary concept of ‘daughter aversion’ to provide an explanation for larger Muslim, relative to Hindu, families in India. Just as sons bring ‘benefits’ to their parents, daughters impose ‘costs’ and...

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Air pollution and infant mortality: Evidence from the expansion of natural gas infrastructure

Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2013

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Air pollution and infant mortality : evidence from the expansion of natural gas infrastructure

Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2013

infant mortality in Turkey using variation across provinces and over time in the adoption of natural gas as a cleaner fuel … infant mortality in Turkey. In particular, a one-percentage point increase in the rate of subscriptions to natural gas … matter and 0.63 for sulfur dioxide. -- air pollution ; infant mortality ; environment ; natural gas ; coal ; Turkey …

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