An econometric model of birth inputs and outputs for Native Americans

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 337-361

  Li, Kai ^a   Poirier, Dale J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Birth length; Birth weight; Drinking; Gestation; Prenatal care; Simultaneity; Smoking; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ECONOMETRIC MODELS; SINGLE-EQUATION MODELS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0242404224     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(02)00206-3     Document Type: Article

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