<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Miller, Sarah</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Persson, Petra</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rossin-Slater, Maya</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wherry, Laura R.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Labor Market and Health Impacts of Reducing Cesarean Section Deliveries</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Human Resources</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2026</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2026-09-09 09:24:35</style></date></pub-dates></dates><elocation-id><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1025-14609R2</style></elocation-id><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3368/jhr.1025-14609R2</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"></style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"></style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">We study an intervention that reduced cesarean deliveries among low-risk first-time mothers, using California birth records linked to earnings data. Exposed mothers were 8% less likely to have a c-section, with no adverse health effects. We find suggestive evidence that they were more likely to return to their pre-birth employer and had higher within-firm earnings rankings in the quarter postbirth. These labor market gains fade over time. However, mothers who had a second child were less likely to have a c-section or preterm delivery, suggesting our estimated effects from avoiding a first c-section may be lower bounds on total gains.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>