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The Effects of Poor Neonatal Health on Children's Cognitive Development
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- Figlio, David (Author)
- Guryan, Jonathan (Author)
- Karbownik, Krzysztof (Author)
- Roth, Jeffrey (Author)
Title
The Effects of Poor Neonatal Health on Children's Cognitive Development
Abstract
We make use of a new data resource – merged birth and schoolrecords for all children born in Florida from 1992 to 2002 – to studythe relationship between birth weight and cognitive development.Using singletons as well as twin and sibling fixed effects models,we find that the effects of early health on cognitive development areessentially constant through the school career; that these effects aresimilar across a wide range of family backgrounds; and that theyare invariant to measures of school quality. We conclude that theeffects of early health on adult outcomes are therefore set very early.(JEL I12, J13, J24)
Publication
American Economic Review
Volume
104
Issue
12
Pages
3921-55
Date
2014-12
Citation
Figlio, D., Guryan, J., Karbownik, K., & Roth, J. (2014). The Effects of Poor Neonatal Health on Children’s Cognitive Development. American Economic Review, 104, 3921–3955.
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