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
Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Aufsatznummer | 102612 |
Fachzeitschrift | Journal of health economics |
Jahrgang | 83 |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - Mai 2022 |
Peer-Review-Status | Ja |
Externe IDs
PubMed | 35421668 |
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Schlagworte
Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Schlagwörter
- conditional cash transfers, neonatal health, prenatal care, prenatal care timing