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Source: International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA)
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Li, Kai
Poirier, Dale J.
An Econometric Analysis of the Birth Process by Racial/Ethnic Groups
Presented: Hersonissos, Greece, Sixth World Meeting of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis, May 28-31, 2000.
Also: http://finance.commerce.ubc.ca/~kaili/BW_ISBA.pdf
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA)
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Birthweight; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Endogeneity; Ethnic Differences; Pre-natal Care/Exposure; Racial Differences; Weight

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This paper studies the birth process with seven endogenous variables: four birth inputs [maternal smoking (S), maternal drinking (D), first trimester prenatal care (PC), and maternal weight gain (WG)], and three birth outputs [gestational age (G), birth length (BL), and birth weight (BW)], and twenty-four exogenous variables. The data are taken from the NLSY. Separate analyses are performed on five racial/ethnic groups: Main Whites, Supplemental Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans. Across all groups, we find sizeable correlation between the disturbances in the four input and three output equations and among output disturbances.
Bibliography Citation
Li, Kai and Dale J. Poirier. "An Econometric Analysis of the Birth Process by Racial/Ethnic Groups." Presented: Hersonissos, Greece, Sixth World Meeting of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis, May 28-31, 2000.
2. Li, Kai
Poirier, Dale J.
An Econometric Analysis of the Birth Process by Racial/Ethnic Groups
In: Bayesian Methods with Applications to Science, Policy, and Official Statistics: Selected Papers from ISBA 2000: The Sixth World Meeting of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis. E.I. George, ed. Luxemburg: Eurostat, 2002.
Also: http://www.stat.cmu.edu/ISBA/104f.pdf
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA)
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Bayesian; Birthweight; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Endogeneity; Ethnic Differences; Pre-natal Care/Exposure; Racial Differences; Weight

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This paper studies the birth process with seven endogenous variables: four birth inputs [maternal smoking (S), maternal drinking (D), first trimester prenatal care (PC), and maternal weight gain (WG)], and three birth outputs [gestational age (G), birth length (BL), and birth weight (BW)], and twenty-four exogenous variables. The data are taken from the NLSY. Separate analyses are performed on five racial/ethnic groups: Main Whites, Supplemental Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans. Across all groups, we find sizeable correlation between the disturbances in the four input and three output equations and among output disturbances.
Bibliography Citation
Li, Kai and Dale J. Poirier. "An Econometric Analysis of the Birth Process by Racial/Ethnic Groups" In: Bayesian Methods with Applications to Science, Policy, and Official Statistics: Selected Papers from ISBA 2000: The Sixth World Meeting of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis. E.I. George, ed. Luxemburg: Eurostat, 2002.