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References for Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation
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Further reading
- Almond, D., Currie, J. "Human capital development before age five" In: Ashenfelter, O., Card, D. (eds). Handbook of Labor Economics. Amsterdam: North Holland, 2011.
- Almond, D., Currie, J., Duque, V. "Childhood circumstances and adult outcomes: Act II" Journal of Economic Literature 56:4 (2018): 1360–1446.
- Currie, J., Rossin-Slater, M. "Early-life origins of life-cycle well-being: Research and policy implications" Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 34:1 (2015): 208–242.
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Key references
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Brown, D. W., Kowalski, A. E., Lurie, I. Z. "Long-term impacts
of childhood Medicaid expansions on outcomes in
adulthood" The Review of
Economic Studies 87:2 (2020): 792–821. Key reference: [1]
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East, C. N., Miller, S., Page, M., Wherry, L. R. Multi-generational
Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net: Early Life
Exposure to Medicaid and the Next Generation's Health NBER Working
Paper No.23810, 2017. Key reference: [2]
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Lavy, V., Schlosser, A., Shany, A. Short- and
Long-Term Consequences of Prenatal Conditions on Human Capital
and Earnings Working
Paper, 2020. Key reference: [3]
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Sievertsen, H. H., Wüst, M. "Discharge on the
day of birth, parental response and health and schooling
outcomes" Journal of Health
Economics 55 (2017): 121–138. Key reference: [4]
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Bharadwaj, P., Vellesen Løken, K., Neilson, C. "Early life health
interventions and academic achievement" American Economic
Review 103:5 (2013): 1862–1891. Key reference: [5]
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Daysal, N. M., Simonsen, M., Trandafir, M., Breining, S. "Spillover effects
of early-life medical interventions" Review of
Economics and Statistics (2020). Key reference: [6]
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Almond, D., Doyle, J. J. "After midnight: A
regression discontinuity design in length of postpartum hospital
stays" American Economic
Journal: Economic Policy 3:3 (2011): 1–34. Key reference: [7]
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Daysal, N. M., Trandafir, M., van Ewijk, R. "Saving lives at
birth: The impact of home births on infant outcomes" American Economic
Journal: Applied Economics 7:3 (2015): 28–50. Key reference: [8]
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Daysal, N. M., Trandafir, M., van Ewijk, R. "Low-risk isn't
no-risk: Perinatal treatments and the health of low-income
newborns" Journal of Health
Economics 64 (2019): 55–67. Key reference: [9]
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Nilsson, J. P. Alcohol
Availability, Prenatal Conditions, and Long-Term Economic
Outcomes Institute for
International Economic Studies Working Paper, 2015. Key reference: [10]
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Simon, D. "Does early life
exposure to cigarette smoke permanently harm childhood welfare?
Evidence from cigarette tax hikes" American Economic
Journal: Applied Economics 8:4 (2016): 128–159. Key reference: [11]
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Bütikofer, A., Løken, K. V., Salvanes, K. G. "Infant health care
and long-term outcomes" Review of
Economics and Statistics 101:2 (2019): 341–354. Key reference: [12]
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Brown, D. W., Kowalski, A. E., Lurie, I. Z. "Long-term impacts
of childhood Medicaid expansions on outcomes in
adulthood" The Review of
Economic Studies 87:2 (2020): 792–821.
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Additional References
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- Abou-Zahr, C. L., Wardlaw, T. Antenatal Care in Developing Countries: Promises, Achievements and Missed Opportunities. Geneva: WHO, 2003.
- Almond, D. "Is the 1918 influenza pandemic over? Long-term effects of in utero influenza exposure in the post-1940 U.S. population" Journal of Political Economy 114:4 (2006): 672–712.
- Almond, D., Doyle, J. J., Kowalski, A. E., Williams, H. "Estimating marginal returns to medical care: Evidence from at-risk newborns" Quarterly Journal of Economics 125:2 (2010): 591–634.
- Almond, D., Edlund, L., Palme, M. "Chernobyl's subclinical legacy: Prenatal exposure to radioactive fallout and school outcomes in Sweden" Quarterly Journal of Economics 124:4 (2009): 1729–1772.
- Altindag, O., Greve, J., Tekin, E. Public Health Policy At Scale: Impact of a Government-sponsored Information Campaign on Infant Mortality in Denmark NBER Working Paper No.28621, 2021.
- Barker, D. J. "The fetal and infant origins of adult disease" British Medical Journal 301:6761 (1990): 1111.
- Behrman, J. R., Rosenzweig, M. R. "Returns to birthweight" Review of Economics and Statistics 86:2 (2004): 586–601.
- Bharadwaj, P., Johnsen, J. V., Løken, K. V. "Smoking bans, maternal smoking and birth outcomes" Journal of Public Economics 115 (2014): 72–93.
- Bitler, M. P., Currie, J. "Does WIC work? The effects of WIC on pregnancy and birth outcomes" Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 24:1 (2005): 73–91.
- Black, S. E., Breining, S., Figlio, D. N., Guryan, J., Karbownik, K., Nielsen, H. S., Roth, J., Simonsen, M. "Sibling spillovers" The Economic Journal 131:633 (2021): 101–128.
- Black, S. E., Devereux, P. J., Salvanes, K. G. "From the cradle to the labor market? The effect of birth weight on adult outcomes" The Quarterly Journal of Economics 122:1 (2007): 409–439.
- Boudreaux, M. H., Golberstein, E., McAlpine, D. D. "The long-term impacts of Medicaid exposure in early childhood: Evidence from the program's origin" Journal of Health Economics 45 (2016): 161–175.
- Bratti, M., Mendola, M. "Parental health and child schooling" Journal of Health Economics 35 (2014): 94–108.
- Case, A., Paxson, C. "Stature and status: Height, ability, and labor market outcomes" Journal of Political Economy 116:3 (2008): 499–532.
- Chen, S. H., Chen, Y., Liu, J. "The impact of unexpected maternal death on education: First evidence from three national administrative data links" American Economic Review 99:2 (2009): 149–153.
- Cohodes, S. R., Grossman, D. S., Kleiner, S. A., Lovenheim, M. F. "The effect of child health insurance access on schooling: Evidence from public insurance expansions" Journal of Human Resources 51:3 (2016): 727–759.
- Conti, G., Hanson, M., Inskip, H., Crozier, S., Cooper, C., Godfrey, K. M. Beyond Birthweight: The Origins of Human Capital IZA Discussion Paper No.13296, 2020.
- Cunha, F., Heckman, J. "The technology of skill formation" American Economic Review 97:2 (2007): 31–47.
- Cunha, F., Heckman, J. J., Schennach, S. M. "Estimating the technology of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation" Econometrica 78:3 (2010): 883–931.
- Currie, J., Gruber, J. "Health insurance eligibility, utilization of medical care, and child health" The Quarterly Journal of Economics 111:2 (1996): 431–466.
- Currie, J., Hyson, R. "Is the impact of health shocks cushioned by socioeconomic status? The case of low birthweight" American Economic Review 89:2 (1999): 245–250.
- Currie, J., Moretti, E. "Biology as destiny? Short- and long-run determinants of intergenerational transmission of birth weight" Journal of Labor Economics 25:2 (2007): 231–263.
- Currie, J., Mueller-Smith, M., Rossin-Slater, M. "Violence while in utero: The impact of assaults during pregnancy on birth outcomes" Review of Economics and Statistics (2018).
- Currie, J., Stabile, M., Manivong, P., Roos, L. L. "Child health and young adult outcomes" Journal of Human Resources 45:3 (2010): 517–548.
- Cygan-Rehm, K., Karbownik, K. The Effects of Incentivizing Early Prenatal Care on Infant Health NBER Working Paper No.28116, 2020.
- Daysal, N. M., Ding, H., Rossin-Slater, M., Schwandt, H. Germs in the Family: The Long-Term Consequences of Intra-Household Disease Spread Working Paper, 2021.
- Evans, W. N., Garthwaite, C. "Estimating heterogeneity in the benefits of medical treatment intensity" Review of Economics and Statistics 94:3 (2012): 635–649.
- Evans, W. N., Lien, D. S. "The benefits of prenatal care: Evidence from the PAT bus strike" Journal of Econometrics 125:1–2 (2005): 207–239.
- Farahati, F., Marcotte, D. E., Wilcox-Gök, V. "The effects of parents’ psychiatric disorders on children's high school dropout" Economics of Education Review 22:2 (2003): 167–178.
- Figlio, D., Guryan, J., Karbownik, K., Roth, J. "The effects of poor neonatal health on children's cognitive development" American Economic Review 104:12 (2014): 3921–3255.
- Figlio, D., Guryan, J., Karbownik, K., Roth, J. "Long-term cognitive and health outcomes of school-aged children who were born late-term vs full-term" JAMA Pediatrics 170:8 (2016): 758–764.
- Figlio, D., Hamersma, S., Roth, J. "Does prenatal WIC participation improve birth outcomes? New evidence from Florida" Journal of Public Economics 93:1–2 (2009): 235–245.
- Garfield, C. F., Karbownik, K., Murthy, K., Falciglia, G., Guryan, J., Figlio, D. N., Roth, J. "Educational performance of children born prematurely" JAMA pediatrics 171:8 (2017): 764–770.
- Gertler, P., Levine, D. I., Ames, M. "Schooling and parental death" Review of Economics and Statistics 86:1 (2004): 211–225.
- Gimenez, L., Chou, S., Liu, J., Liu, J. "Parental loss and children's well-being" Journal of Human Resources 48:4 (2013): 1035–1071.
- Hirani, J. L. -J.., Henrik Sievertsen, H., Wüst, M. Missing a Nurse Visit IZA Discussion Paper No.13485, 2020.
- Hoynes, H., Page, M., Stevens, A. H. "Can targeted transfers improve birth outcomes?: Evidence from the introduction of the WIC program" Journal of Public Economics 95:7–8 (2011): 813–827.
- Hjort, J., Sølvsten, M., Wüst, M. "Universal investment in infants and long-run health: Evidence from Denmark's 1937 home visiting program" American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 9:4 (2017): 78–104.
- Johnson, E., Reynolds, C. L. "The effect of household hospitalizations on the educational attainment of youth" Economics of Education Review 37 (2013): 165–182.
- Karbownik, K., Wray, A. "Long-run consequences of exposure to natural disasters" Journal of Labor Economics 37:3 (2019): 949–1007.
- Kristiansen, I. L. "Consequences of serious parental health events on child mental health and educational outcomes" Health Economics 30:8 (2021): 1772–1817.
- Levine, P. B., Schanzenbach, D. "The impact of children's public health insurance expansions on educational outcomes" Forum for Health Economics & Policy 12:1 (2009).
- Lien, D. S., Evans, W. N. "Estimating the impact of large cigarette tax hikes: The case of maternal smoking and infant birth weight" Journal of Human Resources 40:2 (2005): 373–392.
- Miller, S., Wherry, L. R. "The long-term effects of early life Medicaid coverage" Journal of Human Resources 54:3 (2019): 785–824.
- Murthy, K., Karbownik, K., Garfield, C. F., Falciglia, G. H., Roth, J., Figlio, D. N. "Small-for-gestational age birth confers similar educational performance through middle school" The Journal of Paediatrics 212 (2019): 159–165.
- Persson, P., Rossin-Slater, M. Family Ruptures, Stress, and the Mental Health of the Next Generation Stanford University Working Paper, 2014.
- Rossin-Slater, M. "WIC in your neighborhood: New evidence on the impacts of geographic access to clinics" Journal of Public Economics 102 (2013): 51–69.
- Royer, H. "Separated at girth: US twin estimates of the effects of birth weight" American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 1:1 (2009): 49–85.
- Salm, M., Schunk, D. "The relationship between child health, developmental gaps, and parental education: Evidence from administrative data" Journal of the European Economic Association 10:6 (2012): 1425–1449.
- Schwandt, H. The Lasting Legacy of Seasonal Influenza: In-Utero Exposure and Human Capital Development Princeton University Working Paper, 2014.
- Wherry, L. R., Meyer, B. D. "Saving teens: Using a policy discontinuity to estimate the effects of Medicaid eligibility" Journal of Human Resources 51:3 (2016): 556–588.
- Wherry, L. R., Miller, S., Kaestner, R., Meyer, B. D. "Childhood medicaid coverage and later-life health care utilization" Review of Economics and Statistics 100:2 (2018): 287–302.