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Mind the information gap: fertility rate and use of cesarean delivery and tocolytic hospitalizations in Taiwan

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  • Ke-Zong Ma
  • Edward Norton
  • Shoou-Yih Lee

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The exogenous decline in the Taiwanese fertility rate and the use of detailed medical information and demographic attributes of pregnant women allowed us to avoid the endogeneity problem that threatened the validity of prior research. They also provide more accurate estimates of PID. JEL Classification: I10, I19, C23, C25 Copyright Ma et al; licensee Springer. 2011

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  • Ke-Zong Ma & Edward Norton & Shoou-Yih Lee, 2011. "Mind the information gap: fertility rate and use of cesarean delivery and tocolytic hospitalizations in Taiwan," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 1(1), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:hecrev:v:1:y:2011:i:1:p:1-15:10.1186/2191-1991-1-20
    DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-1-20
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    Keywords

    information; physician inducement; cesarean delivery; fertility; tocolysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I19 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Other
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities

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