Drivers of Racial Differences in C-Sections

We thank Abi Adams, Diane Alexander, Marcella Alsan, Marika Cabral, Eilidh Geddes, Elisa Jacome, Ann Ledbetter, Matt Notowidigdo, Joaquin Rubalcaba, Jonathan Zhang, and participants at the 2022 AEA Annual Meeting, the 2023 NBER Conference on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, the 2023 Triangle Applied Microeconomics Conference, the Booth School of Business, the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University, Northwestern Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Grand Rounds), Princeton University, the University of Southern California-Schaeffer Center, and the University of Georgia for helpful comments. Data for this project is confidential but can be accessed through a process outlined here: https://iphd.rutgers.edu/application-process. Our replication code is available as an online appendix. We would like to thank Barbara Bolden, Darrin Goldman, and Yong Sung Lee from the New Jersey Department of Health for assistance in accessing the data and Jimmy Kim for providing excellent research assistance. The authors have no conflicts to disclose. All interpretations and any errors are solely our own responsibility. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

• August 27, 2024