differ by mother’s education, development level of the municipality where the mother resides and BW distribution. We also …

Maternity leave policies are designed to safeguard the health of pregnant workers and their unborn children. However …'s health at birth or long-term health and labor market outcomes. Subsequent maternal health and fertility are also unaffected … caused by work in the third trimester of pregnancy. We find no evidence for significant effects of this extension on children …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human … provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care arrangements. …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human … provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care-arrangements. …

children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn … children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not …

children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn … children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human … provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care-arrangements. …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human … provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care-arrangements. …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive e.ects on children's health and human … provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care-arrangements. …

Does single motherhood adversely affect infant health? This question is not easy to answer because of the endogeneity … pregnancy is seemingly beneficial for infant health, it is mostly driven by selection into coresidence. Further, we do not find … any significant advantage of legal marriage among young mothers. …