.S. on maternal health behaviors and infant health outcomes. Using multi-state, multi-year difference-in-differences analyses …, we estimated effects of state EITC generosity on maternal health behaviors, birth weight and gestation weeks. We find … little difference in maternal health behaviors associated with state-level EITC. In contrast, results for key infant health …

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 … two children with the same mother but where a parent of the mother died during one of the pregnancies--augmented with a …

affects infant health in the Brazilian state that produces one-fifth of the world's sugarcane. Because fires track economic …, gestational length, and in utero survival, but not early neonatal survival. Other fires positively predict health, highlighting … the importance of disentangling pollution from economic activities that drive it …

scores for eight birth cohorts of Rhode Island children born between 1997 and 2005. Using these data, we show that reductions … of lead from even historically low levels have significant positive effects on children's reading test scores in third ….1 percentage points (on a baseline of 12 percent). Moreover, as we show, poor and minority children are more likely to be exposed …

outcomes varies across pollution media: air pollution has a larger impact on health outcomes than either water or land. And …, within air pollution, releases of carcinogens are particularly problematic for infant health outcomes. We do not, however … - $8.7M, the savings in lives would be valued at $45B - $217.5B. We also find that the effect of toxic exposure on health …

We study the relationship between in utero exposure to military exercises and children's early-life health outcomes in … a no-war zone. This allows us to document non-economic impacts of military activity on neonatal health outcomes. We … percent). The evidence is generally consistent with the channel of environmental pollution. Given the well …

performance, shift the entire academic performance distribution, and negatively impact both younger and older children. Exposure …

We are the first to examine the effect of Superfund cleanups on infant health rather than focusing on proximity to a … site. We study singleton births to mothers residing within 5km of a Superfund site between 1989-2003 in five large states …. Our "difference in differences" approach compares birth outcomes before and after a site clean-up for mothers who live …

air pollution levels, and (2) what is the impact of modern air pollution levels on infant health? Our setting is …. A natural question is whether further reductions will yield additional health benefits. We further this research by … suggest that ambient pollution levels, specifically particulate matter, still have large impacts on weekly infant mortality …

children are released into the air. In this paper we estimate the effect of these releases on the health of newborns. Using …