Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272372 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15745
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We use linked administrative data on the universe of California births to provide novel evidence on economic inequality in infant and maternal health. Infants and mothers at the top of the income distribution have worse birth and morbidity outcomes than their lowest-income counterparts, but are nevertheless the least likely to die in the year following birth. Racial disparities swamp these income disparities, with no racial convergence in health outcomes as income rises. A comparison with Sweden shows that infant and maternal health is worse in California at virtually all income levels.
Subjects: 
maternal and infant health
health disparities
administrative data
JEL: 
I14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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