Table 7.

Exploring Mechanism Channels Using DMF Data

	DMF Data (Death Years 1975–2005), Outcomes:
	Age at Death (Years)	Socioeconomic Index	Years of Schooling	Education < High School	Education < 12 Years	Education: College-More	Migrant (Birth-State different than 1940-State)	Being in the WWII Enlistment Data	Height (inch)	Log Height-for-Age
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
Exposed to Midwifery Law at Birth	.10575*** (.01911)	.48052*** (.09524)	.04777*** (.01431)	−.00382 (.0024)	−.00754*** (.0026)	.00523*** (.00157)	−.00327* (.00191)	.00587*** (.00149)	.02331* (.01408)	.00037* (.00022)
Observations	4870650	2887115	3492378	3564529	3564529	3564529	3564529	4870650	364620	364620
R-squared	.42083	.11969	.19073	.13307	.12774	.06944	.09172	.11234	.01878	.98861
Mean DV	72.743	26.800	9.607	0.405	0.667	0.116	0.237	0.097	67.786	1.027

Notes. Standard errors, clustered at birth-state-year level, are in parentheses. All regressions include birth-state fixed effects, birth-year by region-of-birth fixed effects, birth-state trend, individual controls, family controls, and birth-state covariates. Individual controls include dummies for race and ethnicity. Family controls include dummies for maternal education and paternal socioeconomic status. Birth-state controls include share of homeowners, share of children, share of immigrants, share of different occupations, literacy rate, share of married people, female labor force participation rate, and average socioeconomic index. Regressions are weighted using average birth-state population.

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