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 …

Early term birth is defined as birth at 37 or 38 weeks gestation. While infants born early term are not considered … premature, the medical literature suggests that they have an increased risk of serious adverse health outcomes compared to … changes in medical practice and show that early term inductions lead to an increased risk of precipitous labor, lower birth …