and the 1940 U.S. Census to explore whether fetal and early childhood exposure to stress caused by hurricanes affects …

health. We further provide suggestive evidence that improved maternal health-related knowledge and behaviors during pregnancy …We investigate the effects of incentivizing early prenatal care utilization on infant health by exploiting a reform … that required expectant mothers to initiate prenatal care during the first ten weeks of gestation to obtain a one …

risks analysis yields several striking results. 1) Females have only a 28% chance to die of cancer when they have children … unmarried males); 3) females with children have only a 34% risk to die of heart disease and 4) a 53% chance of dying from … infections (compared to females without children); 5) married men have an increased expectation of 23% to die of heart disease …

WWII on newborn health using a unique data set of historical birth records ranging from December 1937 to September 1941 …. Furthermore we investigate the heterogeneity of this effect with respect to health at birth and for different social groups. To …

birth, and infant health. In the context of South Korea, I exploit rich spatial and temporal variation in cash transfers … selection into childbearing may explain the health effects and that cash transfers may increase birth weight for low …

In 1998 the Norwegian government introduced a program that increased parents' incentives to stay home with children … under the age of three. Many eligible children had older siblings, and we investigate how this program affected long …

with regard to mothers ́mental health. Overall, there is evidence that mothers placing their children in formal day care … concerned with how mothers ́mental and physical health is affected by whether they place their child in formal day care or not … indicate that mothers are in a worse physical condition if their children attend formal care, whereas no such effect is found …

This study examines the relationship between maternal behavior during pregnancy, birth outcomes, and early childhood … development. Specifically, in the context of four measures of maternal behavior during pregnancy (maternal smoking, drinking …), and 32 exogenous covariates observed during pregnancy, we investigate the importance of maternal choices during pregnancy …

mothers are perceived as still having worse health at older ages, even if their objective health status has recovered. These … boys are also more likely to have private health insurance, which suggests more concerned mothers. …We explore the effects of a child labor regulation that changed the legal working age from 14 to 16 over the health of …

'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. …