The effects of incentivizing early prenatal care on infant health

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Beitragende

Abstract

We investigate the effects of incentivizing early prenatal care utilization on infant health by exploiting a reform that required expectant mothers to initiate prenatal care during the first ten weeks of gestation to obtain a one-time monetary transfer paid after childbirth. Applying a difference-in-differences design to individual-level data on the population of births and fetal deaths, we identify modest but statistically significant positive effects of the policy on neonatal health. We further provide suggestive evidence that improved maternal health-related knowledge and behaviors during pregnancy are plausible channels through which the reform might have affected fetal health.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer102612
Fachzeitschrift Journal of health economics
Jahrgang83
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Mai 2022
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 35421668

Schlagworte

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Schlagwörter

  • conditional cash transfers, neonatal health, prenatal care, prenatal care timing