OBJECTIVES: This report presents 2004 period infant mortality statistics from the linked
birth/infant death data file by a variety of maternal and infant characteristics. The linked file …

Abstract The American Rescue Plan provides a pathway for states to expand postpartum
Medicaid coverage for low-income mothers through 12 months after delivery. Data suggests …

Unobserved heterogeneity among childbearing women makes it difficult to isolate the causal
effects of smoking and prenatal care on birth outcomes (such as birthweight). Whether a …

This paper examines the impact of job loss due to business closings on body mass index
(BMI) and alcohol consumption. We suggest that the ambiguous findings in the extant …

Objectives—This report presents 2002 period infant mortality statistics from the linked
birth/infant death data file by a variety of maternal and infant characteristics. The linked file …

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) play a key role in many developing countries. Utilizing data
from Eastern Europe and Central Asia, MFIs are found to generally operate with lower costs …

Women of lower socioeconomic status and women of color in the United States have higher
rates of abortion than women of higher socioeconomic status and White women. Opponents …

We document birth order differences in cognitive and noncognitive outcomes and maternal
behavior from birth to adolescence using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 …

The impact of prenatal care use on birth outcomes has been understudied in South
American countries. This study assessed the effects of various measures of prenatal care …

This article examines the effect of maternal exposure to local homicides on birth weight. We
create a monthly panel by merging all births in Mexico from 2008 to 2010 with homicide data …