A causal analysis of mother’s education on birth inequalities
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Keywords
birthweight; finite mixtures; intergenerational health trasmission; latent class model; structural equation models;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- C30 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2012-05-22 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2012-05-22 (Health Economics)
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