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The Effect of Change in Compulsory Education on Birth Weight

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  • Shahnaz Natasha Arina

    (The World Bank)

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This paper examines the effect of maternal eduacation on on birth outcome rneasured by birth weightt. Since there is a presence of endogeneity caused by a correlation between an education variable and an error term, this pnper is trying to use a birth year dummy of individuals whether they were afected by reforms as an instrumental variable. Using OLS and IV methods, the finding from this research is that there is no significant effect of maternal education on affecting a birth outcome. However, an increase in the years of education results in a signifcant increase in the use of prenatal care during pregnancy.

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  • Shahnaz Natasha Arina, 2012. "The Effect of Change in Compulsory Education on Birth Weight," Economics and Finance in Indonesia, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia, vol. 60, pages 27-48, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:lpe:efijnl:201202
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    Keywords

    maternal education; birth weight ; instrumental variables;
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    JEL classification:

    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development

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