Staggered Medicaid doula mandates have no average LBW effect but a marginal ~0.5pp reduction for Black mothers in early-adopting states, with a strong first-stage workforce expansion.
The intergenerational transmission of inequality: Maternal disadvantage and health at birth
1 Pith paper cite this work, alongside 528 external citations. Polarity classification is still indexing.
1
Pith paper citing it
528
external citations · OpenAlex
fields
econ.GN 1years
2026 1verdicts
CONDITIONAL 1representative citing papers
citing papers explorer
-
Helping Hands, Healthier Infants: The Effect of Medicaid Doula Coverage Mandates on Birth Outcomes
Staggered Medicaid doula mandates have no average LBW effect but a marginal ~0.5pp reduction for Black mothers in early-adopting states, with a strong first-stage workforce expansion.