From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes

Lower birth weight babies have worse outcomes, both short-run in terms of one-year mortality rates and longer run in terms of educational attainment and earnings. However, recent research has called into question whether birth weight itself is important or whether it simply reflects other hard-to-me...

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Volume:	122
Main Author:	Sandra E. Black Paul J. Devereux Kjell G. Salvanes
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	CARY MIT Press 01.02.2007 OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC Oxford University Press
published in:	The Quarterly journal of economics Vol. 122; no. 1; pp. 409 - 439
Data of publication:	20070201
ISSN:	0033-5533 1531-4650
EISSN:	1531-4650
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Body mass index Health outcomes Mortality Low birth weight Birth weight Identical twins Twins Childbirth Intelligence quotient Educational attainment Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Educational aspects Employment Analysis Economic aspects Birth size Adults Birth weight, Low Health aspects Norway INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION HEALTH SIZE AGE
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2007 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS