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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics: Vol. 2 No. 1 (January 2010)
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Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan
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Chou, Shin-Yi,
Jin-Tan Liu,
Michael Grossman, and
Ted Joyce. 2010. "Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan."
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,
2(1): 33-61.
DOI: 10.1257/app.2.1.33
DOI: 10.1257/app.2.1.33
Abstract
In 1968, the Taiwanese government extended compulsory education
from 6 to 9 years and opened over 150 new junior high schools at
a differential rate among regions. Within each region, we exploit
variations across cohorts in new junior high school openings to construct
an instrument for schooling, and employ it to estimate the
causal effects of mother's or father's schooling on infant birth outcomes
in the years 1978-1999. Parents' schooling does cause favorable
infant health outcomes. The increase in schooling associated
with the reform saved almost 1 infant life in 1,000 live births. (JEL
I12, I21, J12, J13, R23)
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Chou, Shin-Yi (Lehigh U)
Liu, Jin-Tan (National Taiwan U)
Grossman, Michael (Graduate Center, CUNY)
Joyce, Ted (Baruch College, CUNY)
Liu, Jin-Tan (National Taiwan U)
Grossman, Michael (Graduate Center, CUNY)
Joyce, Ted (Baruch College, CUNY)
JEL Classifications
I12: Health Production
I21: Analysis of Education
J12: Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
J13: Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
R23: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
I21: Analysis of Education
J12: Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
J13: Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
R23: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
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Posted By: Michael Grossman (City University of New York Graduate Center and National Bureau of Economic Research) (Article Author)
Date: 2010-03-09 11:47:42
I have posted slides that my co-authors and I used when we presented the paper at seminars and a link to an article in Vox concerning the paper at https://wfs.gc.cuny.edu/MGrossman/www/Intro_to_AEJ-AE.htm. A direct link to the vox article also can be found below. Michael Grossman
Slides for Presentation of the Paper
Vox Article Concerning the Paper