Several stu dies report socioeconomic inequalities in c hild health and consequence s of ea rly disease. However, not muchis known about inequalities in health capital accumulation in the womb in response to fetal health shocks, which isessential for finding the earliest sensitive periods for interventions to reduce inequalities. We identify inequalities in birthweight accumulation as a result of fetal health shocks from the occurrence of one of the most common birth defects, oral clefts,within the first 9 weeks of pregnancy, using quantile regression and two datasets from South America and the USA. Infants bornat lower birth weight quantiles are significantly more adversely affected by the health shock compared with those born at higherbirth ...
International audienceBackground The age at onset of the association between poverty and poor health...
Maternal education represents one of the most important social determinants of inequality in birth w...
OBJECTIVE: To analyze sociodemographic inequalities in prenatal and childbirth care and their conseq...
This is the final version. Available from MIT Press via the DOI in this recordWe investigate how pre...
The aim was to contribute to a further understanding of the origins of socioeconomic inequalities in...
Background: Despite well-established associations between entire distributions of birth outcomes (i....
There has been little work that comprehensively compared the relationship between prenatal care and ...
The effects of prenatal care utilization on birth weight (BW) may vary by unobserved fetal health en...
There has been little work that comprehensively compared the relationship between prenatal care and ...
Background Women of low socio-economic status (SES) give birth to lighter babies. It is unknown from...
We investigate how prenatal economic fluctuations affected birth weight in Argentina during the peri...
Objective: To analyze economic inequality (absolute and relative) due to family income in relation t...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if the association between prenatal care use and birth weight (BW) varies for...
The human capital literature has suggested a significant role of individual capabilities in the form...
Objective Preterm birth is among the top causes of death in infants worldwide. Premature infants ...
International audienceBackground The age at onset of the association between poverty and poor health...
Maternal education represents one of the most important social determinants of inequality in birth w...
OBJECTIVE: To analyze sociodemographic inequalities in prenatal and childbirth care and their conseq...
This is the final version. Available from MIT Press via the DOI in this recordWe investigate how pre...
The aim was to contribute to a further understanding of the origins of socioeconomic inequalities in...
Background: Despite well-established associations between entire distributions of birth outcomes (i....
There has been little work that comprehensively compared the relationship between prenatal care and ...
The effects of prenatal care utilization on birth weight (BW) may vary by unobserved fetal health en...
There has been little work that comprehensively compared the relationship between prenatal care and ...
Background Women of low socio-economic status (SES) give birth to lighter babies. It is unknown from...
We investigate how prenatal economic fluctuations affected birth weight in Argentina during the peri...
Objective: To analyze economic inequality (absolute and relative) due to family income in relation t...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if the association between prenatal care use and birth weight (BW) varies for...
The human capital literature has suggested a significant role of individual capabilities in the form...
Objective Preterm birth is among the top causes of death in infants worldwide. Premature infants ...
International audienceBackground The age at onset of the association between poverty and poor health...
Maternal education represents one of the most important social determinants of inequality in birth w...
OBJECTIVE: To analyze sociodemographic inequalities in prenatal and childbirth care and their conseq...