We examine multi-generational impacts of positive in utero health interventions using a new research design that exploits sharp increases in prenatal Medicaid eligibility that occurred in some states. Our analyses are based on U.S. Vital Statistics Natality files, which enables linkages between individuals' early life Medicaid exposure and the next generation's health at birth. We find evidence that the health benefits associated with treated generations' early life program exposure extend to later offspring. Our results suggest that the returns on early life health investments may be substantively underestimated.

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童年获得安全网的多代影响：早年接触医疗补助和下一代的健康。

我们使用一种新的研究设计来研究积极的子宫内健康干预对多代人的影响，该设计利用了一些州发生的产前医疗补助资格的急剧增加。我们的分析基于美国生命统计出生率文件，该文件可以将个人早年医疗补助计划暴露与下一代出生时的健康状况联系起来。我们发现证据表明，与接受治疗的几代人的早年生活计划接触相关的健康益处延伸到后来的后代。我们的结果表明，早期生命健康投资的回报可能被大大低估了。