Replication data for: Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes

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Project Citation:

Daysal, N. Meltem, Trandafir, Mircea, and van Ewijk, Reyn. Replication data for: Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113579V1

Project Description

Summary: Many developed countries have recently experienced sharp increases in home birth rates. This paper investigates the impact of home births on the health of low-risk newborns using data from the Netherlands, the only developed country where home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in location of birth, we exploit the exogenous variation in distance from a mother's residence to the closest hospital. We find that giving birth in a hospital leads to substantial reductions in newborn mortality. We provide suggestive evidence that proximity to medical technologies may be an important channel contributing to these health gains. (JEL I11, I12, J13, J16)

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JEL Classification:
      I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
      I12 Health Behavior
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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