The Long-Run Effects of Cesarean Sections
(2022) In Journal of Human Resources 57(6). p.2048-2085- Abstract
- This paper analyzes the long-term effects of potentially avoidable cesarean sections on children’s health. Using Finnish administrative data, we document that physicians perform more unplanned C-sections during their regular working hours on days that precede a weekend or public holiday and use this exogenous variation as an instrument for C-sections. We supplement our instrumental variables results with a differences-in-differences estimation strategy that exploits variation in birth mode within sibling pairs and across families. Our results suggest that avoidable unplanned C-sections increase the risk of asthma, but do not affect other immune-mediated disorders previously associated with C-sections.
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- author
- Costa-Ramón, Ana María ; Kortelainen, Mika ; Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Ana LU and Sääksvuori, Lauri
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022-11
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Health Economics, Cesarean Section, Child Health, J10, I12, J13
- in
- Journal of Human Resources
- volume
- 57
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 2048 - 2085
- publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85142277693
- ISSN
- 0022-166X
- DOI
- 10.3368/jhr.58.2.0719-10334R1
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 9cdd77c7-5d0b-4432-921d-c5e73f2a24ee
- date added to LUP
- 2020-10-13 11:53:31
- date last changed
- 2022-12-29 08:49:02
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