There is considerable uncertainty about how reproductive factors affect child mortality. Joint determinants are … diverging results. According to very simple models estimated from DHS data from 28 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, mortality is … multilevel-multiprocess model. According to the latter models, the mortality of a first child goes up as the mother's age …

) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and … (across the full range) and CV mortality rate later in life is significantly stronger if the individual is born in a recession …. This is not explained by differential fertility by social class over the cycle. Ability itself, as measured at age 10 …

and post-neonatal mortality, a reduction in fertility and, possibly on account of selection, no change in the quality of … for complications, with no change in rates of infant hospitalization. …

children are choice-based, reflecting prior selective fertility and mortality behavior. Parameter identification is the most … datasets studied, and fertility and mortality selection is found significant in the determination of child height in Zambia …This paper estimates the determinants of child mortality and child health allowing for the possibility that samples of …

children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our … children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … cutoff due date. As an additional source of exogenous variation, we use information on non-working mothers, who are not …

children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our … children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … cutoff due date. As an additional source of exogenous variation, we use information on non-working mothers, who are not …

infant outcomes once we implement a fixed effects approach that accounts for time-invariant factors common to mothers. While …There are growing concerns about the impact of pollution on maternal and infant health. In the UK in 2018, 36% of local …

There are growing concerns about the impact of pollution on maternal and infant health. In the UK in 2018, 36% of local …. Using a population database of births in Northern Ireland linked to localised geographic information on pollution in mothers … comprehensive range of birth outcomes. Overall, we find little evidence that particulate matter is related to worse infant outcomes …

There are growing concerns about the impact of pollution on maternal and infant health. In the UK in 2018, 36% of local …. Using a population database of births in Northern Ireland linked to localised geographic information on pollution in mothers … comprehensive range of birth outcomes. Overall, we find little evidence that particulate matter is related to worse infant outcomes …

siblings from the same mother. A total of 7,496 births to 3,990 mothers from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 … small for gestational age (LGA, SGA), c-section, infant doctor visits, mother's and infant's days in hospital post …-pregnancy obesity was examined using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression to compare across mothers and fixed effects to compare …