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References for Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation
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Further reading
- Almond, D., Currie, J. "Human capital development before age five" In: Ashenfelter, O., Card, D. (eds). Handbook of Labor Economics. Amsterdam: North Holland, 2011.
- Currie, J., Rossin-Slater, M. "Early-life origins of life-cycle well-being: Research and policy implications" Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 34:1 (2015): 208–242.
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Key references
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Evans, W. N., Lien, D. S. "The benefits of
prenatal care: Evidence from the PAT bus strike" Journal of
Econometrics 125:1–2 (2005): 207–239. Key reference: [1]
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Lavy, V., Schlosser, A., Shany, A. Out of Africa:
Human Capital Consequences of In Utero Conditions, 2015. Key reference: [2]
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Evans, W. N., Garthwaite, C. "Estimating
heterogeneity in the benefits of medical treatment
intensity" Review of
Economics and Statistics 94:3 (2012): 635–649. Key reference: [3]
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Almond, D., Doyle, J. J., Kowalski, A. E., Williams, H. "Estimating
marginal returns to medical care: Evidence from at-risk
newborns" Quarterly Journal
of Economics 125:2 (2010): 591–634. Key reference: [4]
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Bharadwaj, P., Vellesen
Løken, K., Neilson, C. "Early life health
interventions and academic achievement" American Economic
Review 103:5 (2013): 1862–1891. Key reference: [5]
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Breining, S., Daysal, N. M., Simonsen, M., Trandafir, M. Spillover Effects
of Early-Life Medical Interventions IZA Discussion
Paper No.9086, 2015. Key reference: [6]
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Almond, D., Doyle, J. J. "After midnight: A
regression discontinuity design in length of postpartum hospital
stays" American Economic
Journal: Economic Policy 3:3 (2011): 1–34. Key reference: [7]
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Daysal, N. M., Trandafir, M., van
Ewijk, R. "Saving lives at
birth: The impact of home births on infant outcomes" American Economic
Journal: Applied Economics 7:3 (2015): 28–50. Key reference: [8]
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Bleakley, H. "Disease and
development: Evidence from hookworm eradication in the American
South" The Quarterly
Journal of Economics 122:1 (2007): 73–117. Key reference: [9]
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Bleakley, H. "Malaria
eradication in the Americas: A retrospective analysis of
childhood exposure" American Economic
Journal: Applied Economics 2:2 (2010): 1–45. Key reference: [10]
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Nilsson, J. P. Alcohol
Availability, Prenatal Conditions, and Long-Term Economic
Outcomes Institute for
International Economic Studies Working Paper, 2015. Key reference: [11]
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Feyrer, J., Politi, D., Weil, D. N. The Cognitive
Effects of Micronutrient Deficiency: Evidence from Salt
Iodization in the United States NBER Working
Paper No.19233, 2015. Key reference: [12]
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Bütikofer, A., Løken, K. V., Salvanes, K. Long Term
Consequences of Access to Well-Child Visits Norwegian
School of Economics Working Paper, 2014. Key reference: [13]
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Evans, W. N., Lien, D. S. "The benefits of
prenatal care: Evidence from the PAT bus strike" Journal of
Econometrics 125:1–2 (2005): 207–239.
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Additional References
- Abou-Zahr, C. L., Wardlaw, T. Antenatal Care in Developing Countries: Promises, Achievements and Missed Opportunities. Geneva: WHO, 2003.
- Alam, S. A. Three Essays in Development and Health Economics University of Washington PhD Dissertation, 2014.
- Almond, D. "Is the 1918 influenza pandemic over? Long-term effects of in utero influenza exposure in the post-1940 U.S. population" Journal of Political Economy 114:4 (2006): 672–712.
- Almond, D., Edlund, L., Palme, M. "Chernobyl’s subclinical legacy: Prenatal exposure to radioactive fallout and school outcomes in Sweden" Quarterly Journal of Economics 124:4 (2009): 1729–1772.
- Barker, D. J. "The fetal and infant origins of adult disease" British Medical Journal 301:6761 (1990): 1111.
- Behrman, J. R., Rosenzweig, M. R. "Returns to birthweight" Review of Economics and Statistics 86:2 (2004): 586–601.
- Bhalotra, S., Karlsson, M., Nilsson, T. Infant Health and Longevity: Evidence from A Historical Trial in Sweden IZA Discussion Paper No.8969, 2015.
- Bitler, M. P., Currie, J. "Does WIC work? The effects of WIC on pregnancy and birth outcomes" Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 24:1 (2005): 73–91.
- Black, S. E., Devereux, P. J., Salvanes, K. G. "From the cradle to the labor market? The effect of birth weight on adult outcomes" The Quarterly Journal of Economics 122:1 (2007): 409–439.
- Bratti, M., Mendola, M. "Parental health and child schooling" Journal of Health Economics 35:May (2014): 94–108.
- Case, A., Paxson, C. "Stature and status: Height, ability, and labor market outcomes" Journal of Political Economy 116:3 (2008): 499–532.
- Chen, S. H., Chen, Y., Liu, J. "The impact of unexpected maternal death on education: First evidence from three national administrative data links" American Economic Review 99:2 (2009): 149–153.
- Cunha, F., Heckman, J. "The technology of skill formation" American Economic Review 97:2 (2007): 31–47.
- Cunha, F., Heckman, J. J., Schennach, S. M. "Estimating the technology of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation" Econometrica 78:3 (2010): 883–931.
- Currie, J., Hyson, R. "Is the impact of health shocks cushioned by socioeconomic status? The case of low birthweight" American Economic Review 89:2 (1999): 245–250.
- Currie, J., Moretti, E. "Biology as destiny? Short- and long-run determinants of intergenerational transmission of birth weight" Journal of Labor Economics 25:2 (2007): 231–263.
- Currie, J., Stabile, M., Manivong, P., Roos, L. L. "Child health and young adult outcomes" Journal of Human Resources 45:3 (2010): 517–548.
- Figlio, D., Guryan, J., Karbownik, K., Roth, J. "The effects of poor neonatal health on children’s cognitive development" American Economic Review 104:12 (2014): 3921–3255.
- Figlio, D., Hamersma, S., Roth, J. "Does prenatal WIC participation improve birth outcomes? New evidence from Florida" Journal of Public Economics 93:1–2 (2009): 235–245.
- Gertler, P., Levine, D. I., Ames, M. "Schooling and parental death" Review of Economics and Statistics 86:1 (2004): 211–225.
- Gimenez, L., Chou, S., Liu, J., Liu, J. "Parental loss and children’s well-being" Journal of Human Resources 48:4 (2013): 1035–1071.
- Hoynes, H., Page, M., Stevens, A. H. "Can targeted transfers improve birth outcomes?: Evidence from the introduction of the WIC program" Journal of Public Economics 95:7–8 (2011): 813–827.
- Johnson, E., Reynolds, C. L. "The effect of household hospitalizations on the educational attainment of youth" Economics of Education Review 37 (2013): 165–182.
- Neugebauer, R., Hoek, H. W., Susser, E. "Prenatal exposure to wartime famine and development of Antisocial Personality Disorder in early adulthood" JAMA 282:5 (1999): 455–462.
- Persson, P., Rossin-Slater, M. Family Ruptures, Stress, and the Mental Health of the Next Generation Stanford University Working Paper, 2014.
- Rossin-Slater, M. "WIC in your neighborhood: New evidence on the impacts of geographic access to clinics" Journal of Public Economics 102 (2013): 51–69.
- Royer, H. "Separated at girth: US twin estimates of the effects of birth weight" American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 1:1 (2009): 49–85.
- Salm, M., Schunk, D. "The relationship between child health, developmental gaps, and parental education: Evidence from administrative data" Journal of the European Economic Association 10:6 (2012): 1425–1449.
- Schwandt, H. The Lasting Legacy of Seasonal Influenza: In-Utero Exposure and Human Capital Development Princeton University Working Paper, 2014.