Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes
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- Journal article
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- Autoren
- N Meltem Daysal
- Mircea Trandafir
- Reyn van Ewijk
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000356954300002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
- DOI
- 10.1257/app.20120359
- eISSN
- 1945-7790
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- Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: CL4VP
- ISSN
- 1945-7782
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 3
- Zeitschrift
- AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
- Paginierung
- 28 - 50
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2015
- Status
- Published
- Titel
- Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes
- Sub types
- Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 7
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- Abstract
- <jats:p> 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) </jats:p>
- Autoren
- N Meltem Daysal
- Mircea Trandafir
- Reyn van Ewijk
- DOI
- 10.1257/app.20120359
- eISSN
- 1945-7790
- ISSN
- 1945-7782
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 3
- Zeitschrift
- American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
- Sprache
- en
- Paginierung
- 28 - 50
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2015
- Status
- Published
- Herausgeber
- American Economic Association
- Herausgeber URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.20120359
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2020
- Titel
- Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 7
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