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Title
REVISIT THE EFFECT OF THE PRENATAL MEDICAL CARE USE ON THE BIRTH OUTCOME OF NEWBORN BABY
Creator
Creator Name
CHOI, YOUNG-EUN CHOI, YOUNG-EUN
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Korea University
Creator Name
HA, HYUNG-SERK HA, HYUNG-SERK
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Korea Information Society Development Institute
Creator Name
LIM, JAE-YOUNG LIM, JAE-YOUNG
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Korea University
Creator Name
LEE, EUI-KYUNG LEE, EUI-KYUNG
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Sungkyunkwan University
Key Word
birth outcome
prenatal medical care
endogeneity
instrumental variables
JEL
I10
I12
I19
Abstract
The ambiguity of the effect of prenatal medical care on the health status of newborns may originate from the fact that individual decision-making of purchasing care is not fully considered, and this in turn may cause an endogeneity issue in the estimation process. This paper aims to empirically examine the effect of prenatal medical care by controlling the endogeneity issue in estimation process. We employed the Two Step Least Square method using appropriate instrumental variables. The estimation results suggest prenatal medical care use has a positive effect on birth outcomes. Additionally, the results were strengthened by performing a robustness test
Publisher
Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2015-12
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
departmental bulletin paper
Version Type
VoR
selfDOI
10.15057/27603
ISSN
0018-280x
NCID
AA00207547
Source Title
Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics
Volume Number
56
Issue Number
2
Page Start
155
Page End
175
Appears in Collections
Vol. 56, no. 2 (Dec. 2015)
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/27603