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Medication of Postpartum Depression and Maternal Outcomes
Evidence from Geographic Variation in Dutch Prescribing
View ORCID ProfileJanet Currie and View ORCID ProfileEsmée Zwiers
Journal of Human Resources, July 2025, 60 (4) 1093-1125; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1021-11986R1
Janet Currie
Janet Currie is a Professor at the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University .
Esmée Zwiers
Esmée Zwiers is an Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam .

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Journal of Human Resources
Vol. 60, Issue 4
1 Jul 2025
Medication of Postpartum Depression and Maternal Outcomes
Janet Currie, Esmée Zwiers
Journal of Human Resources Jul 2025, 60 (4) 1093-1125; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.1021-11986R1
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