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Self-Selection, Prenatal Care, and Birthweight among Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics in New York City.
Peer reviewedJoyce, Theodore – Journal of Human Resources, 1994
A two-stage selectivity correction model was applied to race- and ethnic-specific data from 1984 New York City birth certificates. Ordinary least squares underestimated the effects of prenatal care on birth weight by at least 80% for whites and Hispanics. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Blacks, Estimation (Mathematics), Hispanic Americans
