minimum wage on infant health. Using data on the universe of births in the US over 24 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 … pregnancy, which are some channels through which minimum wage can affect infant health …

We investigate the effects of incentivizing early prenatal care utilization on infant health by exploiting a reform … health. We further provide suggestive evidence that improved maternal health-related knowledge and behaviors during pregnancy … are plausible channels through which the reform might have affected fetal health. …

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 …

the year after birth, to study the causal health effects of cesarean delivery for low-risk first births. Building on …Cesarean delivery for low-risk pregnancies is generally associated with worse health outcomes for infants and mothers …. The interpretation of this correlation, however, is confounded by potential selectivity in the choice of birth mode. We …

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 …

This paper documents a counter-cyclical pattern in the health of children, and examines whether this pattern is due to … selection of mothers choosing to give birth or due to behavioral changes. We study the relationship between the unemployment … behaviors, and babies' health Using national data from the Natality Files from 1975 onward, we find that babies conceived in …

impacts of paternal access to workplace flexibility on maternal postpartum health. We model household demand for paternal … physical postpartum health complications and improves her mental health. Our results suggest that mothers bear the burden from … documented--but also indirectly, as fathers' inability to respond to domestic shocks exacerbates the maternal health costs of …