Intrafamily Resource Allocations: A Dynamic Structural Model of Birth Weight
利用英美调查数据，估计出生体重和胎儿生长的生产函数，发现母亲产前停工最多3个月对出生结果有积极影响，且父母行为显示不平等厌恶偏好。
Using large American and British survey data, this paper provides structural estimates of the production functions for birth weight and fetal growth. In addition to maternal smoking, we estimate the impact of when a mother stops work, which has not been considered in the literature. Mothers' work interruptions of up to 3 months before birth have a positive effect on birth outcomes, especially among British children. Parental behavior appears to respond to child idiosyncratic endowments in a way that suggests that parents have inequity aversion concerns. Evidence in favor of inequity aversion emerges also from the analysis of breast-feeding decisions. © 2012 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.