Del Bono, Emilia and Ermisch, John and Francesconi, Marco (2008) Intrafamily resource allocations: a dynamic model of birth weight. Discussion Paper. C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
Del Bono, Emilia and Ermisch, John and Francesconi, Marco (2008) Intrafamily resource allocations: a dynamic model of birth weight. Discussion Paper. C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
Del Bono, Emilia and Ermisch, John and Francesconi, Marco (2008) Intrafamily resource allocations: a dynamic model of birth weight. Discussion Paper. C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
Abstract
This paper estimates a model of dynamic intrahousehold investment behavior which incor-porates family ¯xed e®ects and child endowment heterogeneity. This framework is applied to large American and British survey data on birth outcomes, with focus on the e®ects of antenatal parental smoking and maternal labor supply net of other maternal behavior and child characteristics. We ¯nd that maternal smoking during pregnancy reduces birth weight and fetal growth, while paternal smoking has virtually no e®ect. Mothers' work interruptions of up to two months before birth have a positive e®ect on birth outcomes, especially among British children. Parental behavior appears to respond to permanent family-speci¯c unobservables and to child idiosyncratic endowments in a way that sug- gests that parents have equal concerns, rather than e±ciency motives, in allocating their prenatal inputs across children. Evidence of equal concerns emerges also from the analysis of breastfeeding decisions, although the e®ects in this case are weaker.
Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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Additional Information: | Source info: IZA Discussion Paper No. 3721 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | flat tax reform; income distribution; work incentives; microsimulation |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Social and Economic Research |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jun 2012 14:04 |
Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2022 18:43 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/2588 |