RT Generic
T1 Season of birth and mother and child characteristics : evidence from Spain and Chile
A1 Alba, Alfonso
A1 Cáceres, Julio
A2 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía, 
AB By using birth certificates for Chile and Spain we investigate differences in mother and child characteristics according to season of birth. Our findings reveal that children born in winter are more likely to have a mother who is a teenager and unmarried at date of birth. Spanish data also reveals that women giving birth in winter are more likely to be out of the labor force, a result largely driven by high skilled mothers. We additionally find that children born in the winter months have fewer weeks of gestation, lower birth weights and smaller size. Finally for Spain, the 2001 population census and the1999 fertility survey confirm the seasonal pattern in mother characteristics, and indicate that it is mostly driven by women who planned the births
SN 2340-5031
YR 2014
FD 2014-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/19629
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/19629
LA eng
DS e-Archivo
RD 1 sept. 2024