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Source: University of British Columbia, UBC Finance
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1. Li, Kai
Poirier, Dale J.
Econometric Analysis of the Birth Process by Racial/Ethnic Groups, An
Working Paper UBCFIN00-8, University of British Columbia, UBC Finance, 2002.
Also: http://finance.commerce.ubc.ca/research/papers/UBCFIN00-8.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: UBC Finance, University of British Columbia
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Bayesian; Birthweight; Body Mass Index (BMI); Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Ethnic Differences; Hispanics; Pre-natal Care/Exposure; Pre/post Natal Behavior; Pre/post Natal Health Care; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Racial Differences

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This paper studies the birth process with seven endogenous variables: four birth inputs [maternal smoking (S), maternal drinking (D), first trimester prenatal care (PC), and maternal weight gain (WG)], and three birth outputs [gestational age (G), birth length (BL), and birth weight (BW)], and twenty-four exogenous variables. The data are taken from the NLSY. Separate analyses are performed on five racial/ethnic groups: Main Whites, Supplemental Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans. Across all groups, we find sizeable correlation between the disturbances in the four input and three output equations and among output disturbances.
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Li, Kai and Dale J. Poirier. "Econometric Analysis of the Birth Process by Racial/Ethnic Groups, An." Working Paper UBCFIN00-8, University of British Columbia, UBC Finance, 2002.