Arbeitspapier

Neonatal Health of Parents and Cognitive Development of Children

This paper documents a strong relationship between birth endowments of parents and the cognitive development of their children. The association between maternal birth weight and child school test scores corresponds to 80 percent of the association between the child's own birth weight and test scores (both in univariate and multivariate settings). We find a strong relationship, even when controlling for family differences, by looking at birth weight variation between sisters and the test score outcomes of their children, and when controlling for parental education and economic resources. Child test scores are also strongly related to paternal birth weight. To assess external validity, we replicate recent results from the US on the relationship between child birth weight and test scores. Our intergenerational results suggest that inequality in birth endowments may be important for inequality in key outcomes of the next generation.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CEBI Working Paper Series ; No. 02/18

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Thema
Neonatal health
human capital formation
intergenerational dependency

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kreiner, Claus Thustrup
Sievertsen, Hans Henrik
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI)
(wo)
Copenhagen
(wann)
2018

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Kreiner, Claus Thustrup
  • Sievertsen, Hans Henrik
  • University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI)

Entstanden

  • 2018

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