Why does the health of Mexican immigrants deteriorate? New evidence from linked birth records
Why does the health of Mexican immigrants deteriorate? New evidence from linked birth records
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.03.002
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发表时间：
2017-07-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Giuntella, Osea
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作者：
Giuntella, Osea
这项研究使用了一个独特的数据集，将在加利福尼亚州和佛罗里达州出生的两代儿童(1970-2009年)的出生记录联系在一起，分析墨西哥裔儿童出生结果出现代际下降的机制。通过校准出生体重代际传递的简单模型，我表明，移民时适度的健康正面选择可以解释第二代墨西哥人出生结果的最初优势。此外，考虑到第二代墨西哥人和白人原住民之间的社会经济差异，以及观察到的出生体重的代际相关性，该模型预测的恶化程度比数据中观察到的更严重。使用兄弟姐妹的子集，并保持固定的祖母准固定效应，我表明，第二代墨西哥母亲持续的健康行为可以解释模型预测与第三代墨西哥人观察到的生育结果之间的一半以上的差异。(C)2017爱思唯尔B.V.保留所有权利。
This study uses a unique dataset linking the birth records of two generations of children born in California and Florida (1970-2009) to analyze the mechanisms behind the generational decline observed in birth outcomes of children of Mexican origin. Calibrating a simple model of intergenerational transmission of birth weight, I show that modest positive selection on health at the time of migration can account for the initial advantage in birth outcomes of second-generation Mexicans. Moreover, accounting for the socioeconomic differences between second-generation Mexicans and white natives and the observed intergenerational correlation in birth weight, the model predicts a greater deterioration than that observed in the data. Using a subset of siblings and holding constant grandmother quasi-fixed effects, I show that the persistence of healthier behaviors among second-generation Mexican mothers can explain more than half of the difference between the model prediction and the observed birth outcomes of third-generation Mexicans. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.