Economic Downturns and Inequities in Birth Outcomes: Evidence From 149 Million US Births.
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DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwz042
Abstract: Using birth certificate data for nearly all registered US births from 1976 to 2016 and monthly data on state unemployment rates, we reexamined the link between macroeconomic variation and birth outcomes. We hypothesized that economic… read more here.
Keywords: birth outcomes; downturns inequities; inequities birth; state unemployment ... See more keywords