Arbeitspapier
Birth weight and the dynamics of early cognitive and behavioural development
In this paper we explore the impact of birth weight on children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes using data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. In order to deal with the endogeneity of birth weight we use an estimator based on the eliminant method. When coupled with ordinary least squares, this estimator allows us to bound the effects of birth weight. The results show that birth weight has significant but very small effects on male cognitive development at age 3 and on female cognitive and behavioural outcomes at age 3. We also find that birth weight affects age 5 outcomes only through previous achievements, and that the overall impact fades out over time. These findings call into question the effectiveness of birth weight as a policy target.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4270
- Klassifikation
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Medizin, Gesundheit
Health Behavior
Analysis of Education
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Thema
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Birth weight
production function
child development
Kinder
Anthropologie
Gesundheit
Kognition
Persönlichkeitspsychologie
Großbritannien
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Del Bono, Emilia
Ermisch, John
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2009
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2009081067
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Del Bono, Emilia
- Ermisch, John
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2009
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