@article{95c918422d8645e6adbd4697bab5d75f,
title = "The effects of birth weight: Does fetal origin really matter for long-run outcomes?",
abstract = "This paper investigates whether birth weight itself causes individuals' future life chances. By using a sample of twins in Japan and controlling for the potential effects of genes and family backgrounds, we examine the effect of birth weight on later educational and economic outcomes. The most important finding is that birth weight has a causal effect on academic achievement around the age of 15, but not on the highest years of schooling and earnings.",
keywords = "Birth weight, Endogeneity, Identical twins, Nutritional intake",
author = "Makiko Nakamuro and Yuka Uzuki and Tomohiko Inui",
note = "Funding Information: The authors gratefully acknowledge that this research was financially supported by the Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry (RIETI) and the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) titled “The Assessments of the Quality and the Productivity of Non-marketable Services” (Research Representative: Takeshi Hiromatsu, No. 3243044). We would like to thank Atsushi Nakajima, Masahisa Fujita, Masayuki Morikawa, Keiichiro Oda, Yoshimichi Sato, Shinji Yamagata, Daiji Kawaguchi, Andrew Griffen and anonymous referees and the editor of Economics Letters for their insightful comments and suggestions on the first version of this paper. All the remaining errors are ours. ",
year = "2013",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.econlet.2013.07.003",
language = "English",
volume = "121",
pages = "53--58",
journal = "Economics Letters",
issn = "0165-1765",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "1",
}