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 …

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 …

many countries, and correlations show that health at birth is worse for children born to older mothers. In order to … attainment. We then compare the health at birth of the children of women born in January versus the previous December, using … average weight at birth, but the children of January-born mothers are more likely to have very low birthweight. We interpret …

during pregnancy. Moreover, those who did not use assisted reproductive technology present a higher prevalence of these … 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 …

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

Maternity leave policies are designed to safeguard the health of pregnant workers and their unborn children. However … caused by work in the third trimester of pregnancy. We find no evidence for significant effects of this extension on children … extended leave was determined by a cutoff due date. Our estimates capture a reduction of in utero exposure to maternal stress …