Neonatal Health of Parents and Cognitive Development of Children
| Autor: | Hans Henrik Sievertsen, Claus Thustrup Kreiner |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Inequality Databases Factual Birth weight media_common.quotation_subject Developmental psychology human capital formation Child Development Cognition Academic Performance Cognitive development Birth Weight Humans Infant Health ECON Applied Economics Neonatal health Association (psychology) Socioeconomic status media_common Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Newborn ECON CEPS Health Test (assessment) intergenerational dependency Psychology Algorithms |
| Zdroj: | Sievertsen, H H & Kreiner, C T 2020, ' Neonatal Health of Parents and Cognitive Development of Children ', Journal of Health Economics, vol. 69, 102247 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2019.102247 Kreiner, C T & Sievertsen, H H 2020, ' Neonatal health of parents and cognitive development of children ', Journal of Health Economics, vol. 69, 102247 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2019.102247 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2019.102247 |
| Popis: | It is well-established that neonatal health is a strong predictor of socioeconomic outcomes later in life, but does neonatal health also predict key outcomes of the next generation? This paper documents a surprisingly strong relationship between birth weight of parents and school test scores of their children. The association between maternal birth weight and child test scores corresponds to 50–80 percent of the association between the child's own birth weight and test scores across various empirical specifications, for example including grandmother fixed effects that isolate within-family differences between mothers. Paternal and maternal birth weights are equally important in predicting child test scores. Our intergenerational results suggest that inequality in neonatal health is important for inequality in key outcomes of the next generation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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