weight and gestation length among mothers who were pregnant during this period. In addition to the common notion that …

emphasizes the importance of focusing on pregnancy health education, particularly for low-income women, as a potential way to …

We investigate the impact of fetal exposure to air pollution on health outcomes at birth in Italy in the 2000s … combining information on mother’s residential location from birth certificates with information on PM10 concentrations from air … overall health status at birth. These effects are mainly driven by pollution exposure during the third trimester of pregnancy …

disappears for mothers in "education, training, and library" occupations, revealing that season of birth is a matter of choice … mothers who report to have chosen season of birth is 19% of financial wealth while for those who report not to have chosen it … better health at birth even conditional on the observable maternal characteristics which predict selection. …

Sweden over two decades, we show that the closures negatively affected the health of mothers, while effects on infant health … study how a wave of mergers that led to the shutdown of one third of all Swedish maternity wards affected the health of … mothers who gave birth and their newborns. Applying a difference-in-differences approach to register data on all births in …

overall improvement in the health at birth (as measured by the low birth weight indicator) of the cohorts exposed to the shock …. Moreover, we find significant improvements in health at birth exclusively for boys and not for girls. This effect seems to be … fetuses and, as a result of this selection in utero, at birth, one should observe significant improvements in health outcomes …

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

health conditions or developmental delays in early childhood. Using prefecture-level panel data, we confirm that improvements … fertility and infant mortality rate. …

We study how childbirth increases the likelihood of young, working mothers to claim disability insurance and how … paternity leave. Our regression discontinuity difference-in-differences design shows that mothers with partners eligible for a …