Unobservables, Pregnancy Resolutions, and Birth Weight Production Functions in New York City

Unobservables, Pregnancy Resolutions, and Birth Weight Production Functions in New York City

This paper makes contributions to the estimation of health production functions and the economics of fertility control. We present the first infant health production functions that simultaneously control for self-selection in the resolution of pregnancies as live births or induced abortions and in t...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of political economy 1990-10, Vol.98 (5), p.983-1007
Hauptverfasser: Grossman, Michael, Joyce, Theodore J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abortion
Birth weight
Birthrate
Coefficients
Contraception
Economic theory
Endowments
Health care
Health Care (birth weight)
Induced abortion
Infants
New York City
Political economy
Pregnancy
Prenatal care
Prenatal development
Production functions
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Zusammenfassung:This paper makes contributions to the estimation of health production functions and the economics of fertility control. We present the first infant health production functions that simultaneously control for self-selection in the resolution of pregnancies as live births or induced abortions and in the use of prenatal medical care services. We also incorporate the decision of a pregnant woman to give birth.
ISSN:0022-3808
1537-534X
DOI:10.1086/261716