The impact of mothers' earnings on health inputs and infant health

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 204-223

  Mocan, Naci ^a   Raschke, Christian ^b   Unel, Bulent ^c  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Earnings; Health inputs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COLLEGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAID; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRENATAL CARE; SINGLE WOMAN; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT HEALTH; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PRENATAL CARE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947907193     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.08.008     Document Type: Article

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