TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Miller, Sarah
AU  - Persson, Petra
AU  - Rossin-Slater, Maya
AU  - Wherry, Laura
        TI  - The Labor Market and Health Impacts of Reducing Cesarean Section Deliveries
        PY  - 2026/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 18629
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp18629
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - c-section
KW  - maternal health
KW  - child penalty
        ER  -