Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/166017 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2016:16
Publisher: 
Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), Uppsala
Abstract: 
A large body of research documents the importance of early life conditions for the health and human capital formation of children. The detrimental effects of alcohol exposure in utero are well documented, and therefore identifying effective methods for preventing harmful maternal alcohol consumption is of great importance. We exploit the stepwise introduction of alcohol screening and brief interventions at Swedish antenatal clinics, to evaluate the causal effect of enhanced alcohol prevention on infant health using a difference-in-differences strategy. We find that the program improves infant health measured by prescription of pharmaceutical drugs and hospitalizations during the child's first year of life. The results suggest that effects are likely driven by changes in maternal behavior after the first trimester and seem to extend beyond the birth of the child.
Subjects: 
alcohol prevention
Brief intervention
AUDIT
Antenatal care
Child health
JEL: 
I12
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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