Document Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We reconsider the effect of very low birth weight classification on infant mortality. We demonstrate that the estimates are highly sensitive to the exclusion of observations in the immediate vicinity of the 1,500-g threshold, weakening the confidence in the results originally reported in Almond, Doyle, Kowalski, and Williams (2010).
RIS ID
84060
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Publication Details
Barreca, A. I., Guldi, M., Lindo, J. M. & Waddell, G. R. (2011). Saving babies? Revisiting the effect of very low birth weight classification. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 126 (4), 2117-2123.