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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2015 Feb 21;41:107–116. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.01.005

Table F4.

Effect of Birth Weight on IQ by Early Life Environments, FE

Dependent Variable: High School IQ
Sample Division: Mother’s Edu Father’s Edu Family SES Urban/Rural
< 12 yrs. ≥ 12 yrs. < 12 yrs. ≥ 12 yrs. < Median ≥ Median Rural Urban




(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Std. Birth Weight 1.8399** (0.8950) 0.9657 (0.9634) 1.4577 (0.9425) 1.1112 (0.8971) 1.6927* (0.9651) 1.1357 (0.8988) 1.3252* (0.7240) 2.3008 (1.6593)
Baseline Controls Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sibling Fixed Effects Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

N 434 504 540 398 436 502 732 206
R Sqr. 0.6952 0.6750 0.6786 0.7060 0.7081 0.6619 0.6970 0.7113

Notes: This table regresses high school IQ on birth weight, the set of baseline controls, and family indicators. With fixed effects estimation, our preferred specification, the coefficient of birth weight is statistically indistinguishable within each bifurcation.