The Effect of an Increased Minimum Wage on Infant Mortality and Birth Weight
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Objectives To investigate the effects of state minimum wage laws on low birth weight and infant mortality in the United States. Methods We estimated the effects of state-level minimum wage laws using a difference-in-differences approach on rates of low birth weight ( Results Across all models, a dollar increase in the minimum wage above the federal level was associated with a 1% to 2% decrease in low birth weight births and a 4% decrease in postneonatal mortality. Conclusions If all states in 2014 had increased their minimum wages by 1 dollar, there would likely have been 2790 fewer low birth weight births and 518 fewer postneonatal deaths for the year.
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A dollar increase in the minimum wage above the federal minimum was associated with a 1% to 2% decrease in low birth weight and a 4% decrease in post-neonatal mortality.
“a dollar increase in the minimum wage above the federal minimum was associated with a 1% to 2% decrease in low birth weight and a 4% decrease in post-neonatal mortality.”
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Increases in the minimum wage were associated with improved birth outcomes.
“increases in the minimum wage were associated with improved birth outcomes [26].”
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If all states in 2014 had increased their minimum wage by one dollar, there would have been 2790 fewer low birth weight births and 518 fewer post-neonatal deaths for the year.
“if all states in 2014 had increased their minimum wage by one dollar, there would have been 2790 fewer low birth weight births and 518 fewer post-neonatal deaths for the year.”
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Social policies that provide families with additional income can lead to improved health.
“Research reveals that social policies that provide families with additional income can lead to improved health.”
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- Authors
- Komro, K. A., Livingston, M. D., Markowitz, S., & Wagenaar, A. C.
- Affiliations
- University of North Texas (US)
- Venue
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Published
- 2016-08
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1514-1516
- ISSN
- 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-0048
- PMC
- PMC4940666
- OpenAlex
- W2422335290
- Cited by
- 140
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 22.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- American Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of North Texas
- Temple University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01MD010241)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
- Keywords
- minimum wage, low birth weight, infant mortality, postneonatal mortality, labour market policy, maternal health, child health outcomes
- MeSH terms
- Birth Weight, Humans, Infant, Infant Mortality, Salaries and Fringe Benefits, United States
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