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Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Care-giver advice as a preventive measure for drinking during pregnancy: zeros, categorical outcome responses, and endogeneity
Health Economics
Published Online: 2 Apr 2007



We conduct an empirical investigation of the impact of prenatal care-giver advice on alcohol consumption by pregnant women.

To summarize the results, we find that failing to account for endogeneity leads to the counterintuitive conclusion that advice has a positive and statistically significant influence on drinking during pregnancy.

When the model is extended to allow for potential endogeneity, we find that advice has a negative and statistically significant impact.


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