@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp18629,
            	author={Miller, Sarah and Persson, Petra and Rossin-Slater, Maya and Wherry, Laura},
            	title={The Labor Market and Health Impacts of Reducing Cesarean Section Deliveries},
            	year={2026},
	month={May},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={18629},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp18629},
	abstract={We study an intervention that reduced cesarean deliveries among low-risk first-time mothers, using California birth records linked to earnings data. Exposed mothers were 8% less likely to have a c-section, with no adverse health effects. We find suggestive evidence that they were more likely to return to their pre-birth employerandhadhigherwithin-firmearningsrankingsinthequarterpostbirth. These labor market gains fade over time. However, mothers who had a second child were less likely to have a c-section or preterm delivery, suggesting our estimated effects from avoiding a first c-section may be lower bounds on total gains.},
	keywords={c-section;maternal health;child penalty},
            }