Why is Infant Mortality Higher in the US than in Europe?

Alice Chen, Emily Oster and Heidi Williams ()

No 20525, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: The US has higher infant mortality than peer countries. In this paper, we combine micro-data from the US with similar data from four European countries to investigate this US infant mortality disadvantage. The US disadvantage persists after adjusting for potential differential reporting of births near the threshold of viability. While the importance of birth weight varies across comparison countries, relative to all comparison countries the US has similar neonatal (

JEL-codes: I0 I14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-09
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Published as Chen, Alice, Emily Oster, and Heidi Williams. 2016. "Why Is Infant Mortality Higher in the United States Than in Europe?" American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 8 (2): 89-124.

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