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Dose birthweight matter to quality of life? A comparison between Japan, the U.S., and India

Yamane, Chisako; Tsutsui, Yoshirō - In: Health Economics Review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-25

birthweight and each outcome. Results: In Japan, while low birthweight is negatively associated with all outcomes, the … associations of high birthweight were limited. In the U.S., low birthweight was not associated with any outcomes, but high … signifcantly and positively associated with income, health, and happiness, while low birthweight was associated with several …

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Dose birthweight matter to quality of life? : a comparison between Japan, the U.S., and India

Yamane, Chisako; Tsutsui, Yoshirō - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-25

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Estimates of inpatient costs for preterm and low-birthweight infants in Japan : an exploratory study using the National Database of Health Insurance Claims

Gai, Ruoyan; Mezawa, Hidetoshi - 2021

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Climate Change Impacts on Birth Outcomes in Brazil

Pereda, Paula C.; Menezes, Tatiane A. de; Alves, Denisard - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

This paper attempts to identify the climatic effect on birth outcomes in Brazil and, thus, to predict the potential impact of climate change. Panel data models indicate that excess and lack of rainfall have the most important harmful effects on newborns' health; temperature stresses and low...

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The Relationship Between Low Birthweight and Socioeconomic Status in Ireland

Madden, D. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2013

There is now fairly substantial evidence of a socioeconomic gradient in low birthweight for developed countries. The … Ireland survey, this paper calculates this index for low birthweight arising from preterm and intrauterine …-growth-retardation. It also carries out a decomposition of this index for the different sources of low birthweight and finds that income …

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What has high fertility got to do with the low birth weight problem in Africa?

Kodzi, Ivy; Kravdal, Øystein - In: Demographic Research 28 (2013) 25, pp. 713-732

High parity tends to be associated with socioeconomic disadvantage, which is widely believed to be a risk factor for low birth weight. Using a fixed-effects approach (comparing children of the same mother born within the five-year period preceding Demographic and Health Surveys), this paper...

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The relationship between low birthweight and socioeconomic status in Ireland

Madden, David - 2012

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The relationship between low birthweight and socioeconomic status in Ireland

Madden, David - 2012

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Influence of Parentsf Unemployment on the Health of Newborn Babies

Kohara, Miki; Ohtake, Fumio - Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), … - 2012

Recent research has shown that low-income households have a higher probability of babies being born underweight, which is an indicator of poor health. The causes and effects of the weights of newborn babies need to be analyzed in Japan, where the proportion of low-weight babies is extremely high...

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The Relationship Between Low Birthweight and Socioeconomic Status in Ireland

Madden, David - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2012

There is now fairly substantial evidence of a socioeconomic gradient in low birthweight for developed countries. The … Ireland survey, this paper calculates this index for low birthweight arising from preterm and intra …-uterine-growth-retardation. It also carries out a decomposition of this index for the different sources of low birthweight and finds that income …

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