On the estimation of the effect of stressors on birth outcomes

Anca M. Cotet-Grecu

Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 147, issue C, 148-152

Abstract: Using tornadoes as a source of random variation in exposure to stressors, this papers shows that failure to account for selection through attrition before birth, can lead to significant errors of interpretation of the results of commonly run regressions.

Keywords: In-utero exposure to stressors; Birth outcomes; Selection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I12 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.09.001

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