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Season of birth and later outcomes: Old questions, new answers

Season of birth and later outcomes: Old questions, new answers

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Season of birth and later outcomes: Old questions, new answers

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Season of birth and later outcomes: Old questions, new answers

Publisher

United States: The MIT Press

Journal title

The review of economics and statistics, 2013-07, Vol.95 (3), p.711-724

Language

English

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United States: The MIT Press

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Contents

Season of birth is associated with later outcomes; what drives this association remains unclear. We consider a new explanation: variation in maternal characteristics. We document large changes in maternal characteristics for births throughout the year; winter births are disproportionally realized by teenagers and the unmarried. Family background co...

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Season of birth and later outcomes: Old questions, new answers

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1428512242

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1428512242

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ISSN

0034-6535

E-ISSN

1530-9142

DOI

10.1162/rest_a_00314

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