The effects of incentivizing early prenatal care on infant health
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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
Original language | English |
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Article number | 102612 |
Journal | Journal of health economics |
Volume | 83 |
Publication status | Published - May 2022 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
PubMed | 35421668 |
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Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Keywords
- conditional cash transfers, neonatal health, prenatal care, prenatal care timing