Thursday, April 11 / 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Meeting Room 204 (Level 2)

Session 107
Causes of Adverse Birth Outcomes

Chair: Julien O. Teitler, Columbia University
Discussant: Tim-Allen Bruckner, University of California, Irvine

1. Maternal Age and the Risk of Low Birth Weight and Preterm Delivery: A Pan-Nordic ComparisonSiddartha Aradhya , Lund University; Alice Goisis, University College London; Øystein Kravdal, University of Oslo; Mikko Myrskyla, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Anna Tegunimataka, Lund University; Kieron Barclay, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

2. Light Pollution, Sleep Deprivation, and Infant Health at Birth,Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College; Laura M. Argys , University of Colorado Denver; Muzhe Yang, Lehigh University.

3. Impacts of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Pregnancy Health and Outcomes in the United StatesClaire Margerison , Michigan State University; Colleen MacCallum, Michigan State University; Jiajia Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago; Yasamean Zamani-Hank, Michigan State University; Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois at Chicago.

4. Disparities in Maternal Health Behaviors During Pregnancy: Estimating the Role of Income From a Natural ExperimentMolly A. Martin , Pennsylvania State University; Tiffany Green, Virginia Commonwealth University; Elizabeth O. Ananat, Duke University.

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