Holiday, Just One Day out of Life: Birth Timing and Postnatal Outcomes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Jacobson, Mireille; Kogelnik, Maria; Royer, Heather
• 署名单位: University of Southern California; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of California System; University of California Santa Barbara; IZA Institute Labor Economics
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/712493
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: S651-S702
• 关键词: indicated late-preterm; cesarean delivery; expectant management; perinatal-mortality; neonatal-mortality; elective induction; LABOR; term; weekend; HEALTH

摘要

Fewer births occur on major US holidays than would otherwise be expected. We use California data to study the nature and health implications of this birth date manipulation. We document 18% fewer births on the day of and just after a holiday. Cesarean sections account for roughly half of the decline. Missing holiday births are displaced to a window of time 11 days before the holiday through 16 days after the holiday. High-risk births are more likely to be rescheduled. Despite the change in timing, we find little evidence of any adverse health consequences for babies born around a holiday.