We use linked birth and education records for all children born in Florida between 1992 and 2002 to assess the effects of neonatal health on the identification of childhood disabilities. We find that several measures of neonatal health are associated with disability incidence, although birth weight plays the most empirically relevant role. Using large samples of siblings and twins, we find that infant health influences multiple measures of disability and grade repetition in school. The association between birth weight and disability holds throughout the distribution of birth weight and across a range of socioeconomic characteristics, including maternal education and race.

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新生儿健康在儿童残疾发生率中的作用

我们使用1992年至2002年在佛罗里达州出生的所有儿童的出生和教育记录联系起来，以评估新生儿健康对识别儿童残疾的影响。我们发现，尽管出生体重起着实证上最重要的作用，但新生儿健康的几项指标与残疾发生率有关。使用大量的兄弟姐妹和双胞胎样本，我们发现婴儿的健康状况会影响学校中残障和年级复读的多种指标。出生体重与残疾之间的联系贯穿于出生体重的分布以及各种社会经济特征，包括产妇教育和种族。