Joyce, Theodore; Racine, Andrew; Mocan, Naci H. - 2021
We use a pooled time-series cross-section of live births in New York City between 1980 and 1989 to investigate the … conclude that illicit substance use was a major contributory factor in rapid rise of low birthweight among Blacks in New York … City in the latter part of the 1980s. The impact of prenatal illicit substance use on Whites and Hispanics is less …