It's a Long Walk: Lasting Effects of the Openings of Maternity Wards on Labour Market Performance
Studies showing that large-scale public health interventions in early life have lastingconsequences are still scarce and rarely disclose the mechanisms. In 1931–1946, the Swedishstate reformed the childbirth institutional system that led to the openings of the new maternitywards and to the gradual decline in home deliveries assisted by midwives. Maternity wardsoffered improved conditions for a mot
