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The effects of maternity leave on children's birth and infant health outcomes in the United States

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Rossin, Maya·2011·Journal of Health Economics
DOI 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.01.005
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This paper evaluates the impacts of unpaid maternity leave provisions of the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) on children's birth and infant health outcomes in the United States. My identification strategy uses variation in pre-FMLA maternity leave policies across states and variation in which firms are covered by FMLA provisions. Using Vital Statistics data and difference-in-difference-in-difference methodology, I find that maternity leave led to small increases in birth weight, decreases in the likelihood of a premature birth, and substantial decreases in infant mortality for children of college-educated and married mothers, who were most able to take advantage of unpaid leave. My results are robust to the inclusion of numerous controls for maternal, child, and county characteristics, state and year fixed effects, and state-year interactions, as well as across several different specifications.

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Authors
Rossin, M.
Venue
Journal of Health Economics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-03
Volume
30
Issue
2
Pages
221-239
ISSN
0167-6296 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.01.005
OpenAlex
W2167878605
Cited by
280
References
3
FWCI
27.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
green
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)

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