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Published in final edited form as: Am Econ J Appl Econ. 2010 Jan 1;2(1):63–91. doi: 10.1257/app.2.1.33

Table 7.

Reductions in Low Birthweight and Mortality Due to Increases in Schooling^a

	Mother’s schooling		Father’s schooling

	Weighted least squares	Weighted two-stage least squares	Weighted least squares	Weighted two-stage least squares
Outcome
Low birthweight
Percentage point reduction	0.237	0.204	0.246	0.185
Percentage reduction in number of light births	5.512	4.744	5.528	4.157
Neonatal mortality
Reduction in number of deaths per thousand live births	0.258	0.195	0.211	0.120
Percentage reduction in number of deaths	11.121	8.405	9.017	5.128
Postneonatal mortality
Reduction in number of deaths per thousand neonatal survivors	0.492	0.665	0.404	0.526
Percentage reduction in number of deaths	13.782	18.627	11.129	14.490
Infant mortality
Reduction in number of deaths per thousand live births	0.600	0.774	0.521	0.602
Percentage reduction in number of deaths	10.187	13.141	8.727	10.084

Reduction in outcome due to increase in schooling computed by multiplying the coefficient of program intensity in the schooling regression by the mean value of intensity in the treatment group. Percentage reduction assumes no change in the denominator of the relevant outcome.