Biology as destiny? Short- and long-run determinants of intergenerational transmission of birth weight
Biology as destiny? Short- and long-run determinants of intergenerational transmission of birth weight
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DOI：
10.1086/511377
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发表时间：
2007-04-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Moretti, Enrico
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作者：
Currie, Janet;Moretti, Enrico
我们使用一组独特的加州出生数据来研究健康方面的代际相关性是否有助于经济地位的延续。我们发现，如果一个母亲出生体重低，她的孩子更有可能出生体重低，即使我们比较的母亲是姐妹篇。第二，低出生体重的代际传递对于高度贫困的邮政编码的母亲来说更强。第三，低出生体重影响后期社会经济地位的代理。第四，这些影响对于出生在高度贫困地区的妇女来说更强。
We use a unique data set of California births to ask whether intergenerational correlations in health contribute to the perpetuation of economic status. We find that if a mother was low birth weight, her child is significantly more likely to be low birth weight, even when we compare mothers who are sisters. Second, the intergenerational transmission of low birth weight is stronger for mothers in high poverty zip codes. Third, low birth weight affects proxies for later socioeconomic status. Fourth, these effects are stronger for women born in high poverty zip codes.