While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in …-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the … death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of the mother's parent during pregnancy on both the short-run and the …

premature, the medical literature suggests that they have an increased risk of serious adverse health outcomes compared to … attributed to changes in the demographic composition of mothers. We next exploit county-level variation in the timing of these …

trimester of pregnancy. The negative impact on cognitive skills and development is concentrated on lower-income children and … and beyond. In this paper, we analyze the impact of prenatal stress on cognitive and non-cognitive development of the … child by age 2. By exploiting a longitudinal dataset of children and their parents, we find that children who were exposed …

-range of birth outcomes, including birth weight, gestational age and an indicator of general newborn health. We control for … of having a late birth and negatively affected newborn health - with the largest effects for earthquakes that occurred in … the first and third trimesters of pregnancy. Our estimates are similar when we focus on just the impact of the initial …

law change in Norway that extended smoking restrictions to bars and restaurants, we find that children of female workers … impact on birth outcomes of children of female workers who are affected by smoking bans in the workplace. Analyzing a 2004 … weight (VLBW) threshold and were less likely to be born pre-term. Using detailed data on smoking status during pregnancy, we …

There are growing concerns about the impact of pollution on maternal and infant health. In the UK in 2018, 36% of local … authorities had levels of PM2.5 where exposure exceeded the annual level recommended by the World Health Organisation at the time … mothersâ postcodes (zip codes) of residence during pregnancy, we examine whether prenatal exposure to PM2.5 is associated with …

effect of teen childbearing. Despite this, there are still reasons to believe that children of teen mothers may do worse as … for children born to the youngest teen mothers. Unlike previous research, we have information on fathers and find that … negative selection of fathers of children born to teen mothers plays an important role in producing inferior child outcomes …

Studies have estimated the relationship between psychological stress and birth weight by exploiting natural disasters … and terrorist attacks, both of which could affect fetal health through other channels. Using data from the National Vital …

In this paper, we estimate the effect of maternal displacements during pregnancy on birth outcomes by leveraging … separation of pregnant single mothers leads to a decrease in birth weight (BW) by around 28 grams (-1% ca.) and an increase in … incidence of low BW for mothers in a marriage or stable union. We document more pronounced negative effects for single mothers …