Publications (Econ)
Peers and Maternal Mental Health (with Jonas Cuzulan Hirani and Anne Toft Hansen), accepted at the Review of Economics and Statistics
Jonas Cuzulan Hirani, Hans Henrik Sievertsen and Miriam Wüst, 2025: Beyond Treatment Exposure—The Impact of the Timing of Early Interventions on Child and Maternal Health, Journal of Human Resources, Vol 60, Nr 1 (earlier versions available as IZA DP 13485 and CEBI Working Paper) accepted version
Rogvi, J. Á., Bütikofer, A., Krebs, L., Mühlrad, H., & Wüst, M., 2024: Cesarean Section, Childhood Health, and Schooling: Quasi‐Experimental Evidence From Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Health Economics.
see weekendavisen (in Danish): Født ved skalpel
Jonas Cuzulan Hirani and Miriam Wüst, 2024: Reminder Design and Childhood Vaccination Coverage, Journal of Health Economics, 93, 102832. Available as IZA DP here
Wüst, Miriam. 2022. "Universal Early-Life Health Policies in the Nordic Countries." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 36 (2): 175-98.
for a DK summary on my work on this topic watch this popular talk
Jonas Cuzulan Hirani and Miriam Wüst, 2022: Nurses and Infant Vaccination Coverage, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 196, 402-428.
Jonas Maibom, Hans Henrik Sievertsen, Marianne Simonsen and Miriam Wüst, 2021: Maternity ward crowding, procedure use and health. Journal of Health Economics, 75 (2021): 102399.
popular summary in weekendavisen (in Danish) (https://www.weekendavisen.dk/2021-9/ideer/foedefabrikken)
Maya Rossin-Slater and Miriam Wüst, 2020: What is the Added Value of Preschool for Poor Children? Long-Term and Intergenerational Impacts and Interactions with an Infant Health Intervention. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 12 (3): 255-86.
Miriam Gensowski, Nete Munk Nielsen, Torben Heien Nielsen, Maya Rossin-Slater and Miriam Wüst, 2019: Childhood Health Shocks, Comparative Advantage, and Long-Term Outcomes: Evidence from the Last Danish Polio Epidemic, Journal of Health Economics, 66: 27-36.
Maya Rossin-Slater and Miriam Wüst, 2018: Child Support Obligations and Parental Responses: Evidence from Administrative Data, Journal of Public Economics, 164, 183-196.
Miriam Wüst, Thorkild I.A. Sørensen, Merete Osler and Erik Lykke Mortensen, 2018: Universal infant health interventions and young adult outcomes, Health Economics. 2018;1–6.
Hans Henrik Sievertsen and Miriam Wüst, 2017: Discharge on the day of birth, parental response and health and schooling outcomes, Journal of Health Economics, vol 55, 121-138.
Jonas Hjort, Mikkel Sølvsten and Miriam Wüst, 2017: Universal investments in infants and long-run health - Evidence from Denmark's 1937 home visiting program, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(4), 78-104- (https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.20150087&&from=f)
see also: https://www.aeaweb.org/research/infant-health-long-term-impacts-investment
Hanne Kronborg, Hans Henrik Sievertsen and Miriam Wüst, 2016: Care Around Birth, Infant and Mother Health and Maternal Health Investments - Evidence From a Nurse Strike, Social Science and Medicine 150, 201-211.
Miriam Wüst, 2015: Maternal prenatal employment and birth outcomes--Evidence from Danish siblings, Health Economics, 24(6).
Vibeke Myrup Jensen and Miriam Wüst, 2015: Can Caesarean section improve child and maternal health? The case of breech babies, Journal of Health Economics, 39, 289-302.
Miriam Wüst, 2012: Early interventions and infant health: Evidence from the Danish home visiting program, Labour Economics, 19, 484-495.
Publications (Public Health, Policy)
Lise G Bjerregaard, Miriam Wüst, Torben SD Johansen, Thorkild IA Sørensen, Christian M Dahl, Jennifer L Baker, 2023: Cohort Profile: the Copenhagen Infant Health Nurse Records (CIHNR) cohort. International Journal Of Epidemiology, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyad096 .
Miriam Wüst, 2009: German family policy at the crossroads: analysing the impact of parental leave reform through simulation, International Journal of Social Welfare, 18(4):407-418.
Policy reports, Publications in Danish and (Permanent) Working Papers (in Danish and English)
Jonas Cuzulan Hirani and Miriam Wüst, 2024: COVID-19 og kønsforskelle på arbejdsmarked og i familien, Samfundsøkonomen, 2024:3.
Breastfeeding support and infant first-month health care usage—Evidence from the roll-out of International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs) in Denmark (with Ingeborg H. Kristensen, Ida Lykke Kristiansen, Bjarne Laursen)
Trivsel og hverdagsliv i danske småbørnsfamilier under covid-19-nedlukningen foråret 2020
Sundhedsplejerskeindsatsen i Danmark
Øjebliksbilledet 2017. Sundhedsordninger for børn og unge 1.1.2017