Frimmel, Wolfgang; Pruckner, Gerald J. - In: Health Economics 23 (2014) 4, pp. 426-445
ABSTRACT In this paper, we study the socio‐economic determinants of birth weight, with a focus on the mother's family status. We use Austrian birth register data covering all births between 1984 and 2007 and find that a mother's marriage is associated with a higher birth weight of the newborn,...