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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Can J Econ. 2013 Aug 20;46(3):791–810. doi: 10.1111/caje.12039

TABLE 4.

Effects on low birthweight for mothers with different characteristics (models with mother fixed effects and 39 weeks IV)

Mom CHAR: HS or less Black Hispanic Over 35 Teen mom Smoking
Panel A: Cluster S.E. on Mother
Any chem. − 0.0010    0.0018    0.0033+    0.0034+    0.0035**    0.0032+
  (0.0021)   (0.0018)   (0.0020)   (0.0018)   (0.0017)   (0.0017)
* Mom CHAR    0.0098**    0.0075    0.0003    0.0009 − 0.0101    0.0067
  (0.0034)   (0.0048)   (0.0037)   (0.0075)   (0.0197)   (0.0124)
Any contam. − 0.0003    0.0021    0.0033+    0.0031**    0.0033**    0.0029+
  (0.0019)   (0.0016)   (0.0018)   (0.0016)   (0.0015)   (0.0015)
* Mom CHAR    0.0085**    0.0057 − 0.0001    0.0018 − 0.0043    0.0105
  (0.0031)   (0.0046)   (0.0035)   (0.0062)   (0.0194)   (0.0110)
No. observations 521978 521978 521978 521978 521978 521978
Panel B: Cluster S.E. on water district and year
Any chem. − 0.0008    0.0020    0.0037+    0.0036**    0.0037**    0.0034**
  (0.0018)   (0.0017)   (0.0019)   (0.0017)   (0.0017)   (0.0017)
* Mom CHAR    0.0097***    0.0077** − 0.0001    0.0009 − 0.0104    0.0069
  (0.0022)   (0.0036)   (0.0029)   (0.0051)   (0.0132)    0.0101041
Any contam. − 0.0001    0.0023    0.0036**    0.0033**    0.0035+    0.0031+
  (0.0015)   (0.0014)   (0.0016)    0.0014851   (0.0015)    0.0014653
* Mom CHAR    0.0086***    0.0060+ − 0.0004    0.0018 − 0.0046    0.01067
  (0.0021)   (0.0035)   (0.0027)    0.0042656   (0.0134)    0.0089193
No. observations 521978 521978 521978 521978 521978 521978

NOTES: See table 3 notes. Mother characteristics are measured as of the first birth. Robust standard errors are clustered on the mother.