Drivers of Racial Differences in C-Sections

We thank Marcella Alsan, Marika Cabral, Eilidh Geddes, Elisa Jacome, 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 University of Southern California-Schaeffer Center, the University of Georgia, and the Booth School of Business 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.