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Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0Health Economics

Health and Economic Impacts of an Early Labor Induction Policy for High‐BMI Mothers

  • Louis Freget1
  • Maria Koch Gregersen2
  1. 1Université Paris Dauphine‐PSL—LEDa Paris France
  2. 2Department of Economics and Business Economics Aarhus University Aarhus Denmark
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Abstract

We expand the literature on marginal returns to birth interventions by studying a common intervention: early induction of labor for a growing share of pregnancies, high‐Body Mass Index (BMI) women. We exploit Danish guidelines which recommend routine induction at 7 days after the expected due date instead of 10–13 days after for mothers with a pre‐pregnancy BMI of at least 35. Our results show that early labor induction improves immediate maternal and neonatal health, reduces universal nurse visits during the child's first year of life, as well as maternal postpartum depression risks (suggestive).

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@article{freget2026health,
  title = {{Health and Economic Impacts of an Early Labor Induction Policy for High‐BMI Mothers}},
  author = {Louis Freget and Maria Koch Gregersen},
  journal = {Health Economics},
  year = {2026},
  month = aug,
  doi = {10.1002/hec.70143},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.70143},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Health and Economic Impacts of an Early Labor Induction Policy for High‐BMI Mothers
AU  - Louis Freget
AU  - Maria Koch Gregersen
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/08/05
JO  - Health Economics
DO  - 10.1002/hec.70143
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.70143
AB  - We expand the literature on marginal returns to birth interventions by studying a common intervention: early induction of labor for a growing share of pregnancies, high‐Body Mass Index (BMI) women. We exploit Danish guidelines which recommend routine induction at 7 days after the expected due date instead of 10–13 days after for mothers with a pre‐pregnancy BMI of at least 35. Our results show that early labor induction improves immediate maternal and neonatal health, reduces universal nurse visits during the child's first year of life, as well as maternal postpartum depression risks (suggestive).
SN  - 1057-9230
SN  - 1099-1050
ER  -