framework is to estimate the infant health production function from a behavioral model in which health inputs are themselves … effects of endogenous inputs, such as prenatal care, maternal age, and fertility, on birth weight are investigated. I …, maternal age, and fertility. I find that OLS underestimates the gains to prenatal care by a factor of 9.4 for blacks, about 3 …

overall health status at birth. These effects are mainly driven by pollution exposure during the third trimester of pregnancy …We investigate the impact of fetal exposure to air pollution on health outcomes at birth in Italy in the 2000s … of health at birth …

children has increased interest in the health effects of job stress on pregnancy outcomes in the United States. The few studies … mothers in the state and contain detailed information on individual human capital, health (pregnancy outcomes), welfare, and … stress may benefit infant health. However, the first step is to provide more empirical evidence on the exact relationship …

economic conditions during pregnancy on birth outcomes. Exploiting the temporal and spatial variations in economic hardship … are mainly observed in children born to mothers with low socioeconomic status, suggesting that credit constraints may be a … fertility, abortion, and neonatal mortality are more common during an economic downturn, and play a significant role in …

creates positive selection in the health of the cohorts of children being born. I exploit the staggered timing of three … deaths per 1,000 live births. I find significant reductions in deaths due to birth defects, maternal pregnancy complications … $4.3 million per year. These results suggest that giving lower-income women the means to control their fertility has the …

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 preterm births and infant mortality. My most conservative estimates …

characteristics in rural coastal Bangladesh. We evaluate the health consequences of rising temperature and relative humidity and …This paper studies the impact of climate change on the nutritional status of very young children between the ages of 0 … - 3 years by using weather data from the last half century merged with rich information on child, mother and household …

identify the effect of temperature on fertility. We demonstrate that warm (25-30°C) and hot days (>30°C) decrease total … fertility rate (TFR) in Spain, and that the estimated decrease is higher than the effects estimated in previous literature for … adaptation and mitigation measures, and that temperature increases may exacerbate the socio-economic consequences of low …