The Impact of Minimum Wage Increases on Infant Health: Evidence from Türkiye's 2016 Wage Hike

Aysun Hiziroglu Aygun and Pinar Karaca-Mandic

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Abstract: This paper examines the impact of a significant minimum wage increase in Türkiye on infant birth weight and neonatal health. We utilize data from the Türkiye Demographic and Health Survey to investigate the birth outcomes of babies exposed to a 30% minimum wage hike during pregnancy. Leveraging variation in the predicted probability that a household includes a minimum-wage earner, we estimate a difference-in-differences model to identify the causal effect of prenatal exposure to the minimum wage increase. Our analysis reveals that exposure to a higher minimum wage during pregnancy significantly increases birth weight and reduces the likelihood of low birth weight (

Keywords: minimum wage; birth weight; prenatal health care; universal health coverage; Türkiye (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I38 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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