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Download full textCurrie, Janet; Moretti, Enrico – 2002
This study estimates the effect of maternal education on birth outcomes using data from the Vital Statistics Natality files for 1970 to 1999. It also assesses the importance of four potential channels through which maternal education may improve birth outcomes: use of prenatal care, smoking behavior, marriage, and fertility. In an effort to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Health, Educational Attainment, Health Behavior
