Intrafamily Resource Allocations: A Dynamic Structural Model of Birth Weight
Intrafamily Resource Allocations: A Dynamic Structural Model of Birth Weight
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DOI：
10.1086/664831
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发表时间：
2012-07-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Francesconi, Marco
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作者：
Del Bono, Emilia;Ermisch, John;Francesconi, Marco
利用美国和英国的大量调查数据，本文提供了出生体重和胎儿生长的生产函数的结构估计。除了母亲吸烟，我们还估计了当母亲停止工作时的影响，这在文献中没有考虑到。母亲在出生前3个月中断工作对分娩结果有积极影响，尤其是对英国的孩子。父母的行为似乎在某种程度上回应了孩子的特质禀赋，这表明父母有不公平厌恶的担忧。对母乳喂养决定的分析也显示出厌恶不平等的证据。
Using large American and British survey data, this paper provides structural estimates of the production functions for birth weight and fetal growth. In addition to maternal smoking, we estimate the impact of when a mother stops work, which has not been considered in the literature. Mothers' work interruptions of up to 3 months before birth have a positive effect on birth outcomes, especially among British children. Parental behavior appears to respond to child idiosyncratic endowments in a way that suggests that parents have inequity aversion concerns. Evidence in favor of inequity aversion emerges also from the analysis of breast-feeding decisions.