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 …

presents new evidence on the effects of violent crime on pregnancy and infant health outcomes, using unique linked … crimes, and focus on mothers who lived in a home where an assault was reported during their pregnancies. We compare these … mothers to women who lived in a home with an assault that took place shortly after the birth. We find that assaults in the 3rd …

, where violence is endemic and are particularly pronounced among children of poorly educated mothers, implying that violence … exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy leads to a small but precisely estimated increase in the risk of … compounds the disadvantage that these children already suffer as a result of their households' lower socioeconomic status. Our …

, where violence is endemic and are particularly pronounced among children of poorly educated mothers, implying that violence … exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy leads to a small but precisely estimated increase in the risk of … compounds the disadvantage that these children already suffer as a result of their households' lower socioeconomic status. …