The Long-Run Effects of Cesarean Sections

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.

Kortelainen, MikaUniversity of Turku,Government Institute for Economic Research (author)
Rodriguez-Gonzalez, AnaLund University,Lunds universitet,Nationalekonomiska institutionen,Ekonomihögskolan,Department of Economics,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM(Swepub:lu)an7137ro (author)
Sääksvuori, LauriFinnish National Institute for Health and Welfare,University of Turku (author)
University of ZurichUniversity of Turku (creator_code:org_t)

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