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Microeconomic Theory

Microeconomic Theory

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Author:NICHOLSON

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Chapter2: Mathematics For Microeconomics

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A problem of interest to health
officials (and others) is to
determine the effects of smoking
during pregnancy on infant health.
One measure of infant health is
birth weight; a birth weight that is
too low can put an imfant at risk
for contracting varieus illnesses.
Since factors other than cigarette
smoking that affect birth weight
are likely to be correlated with
smoking, we should take those
factors into account. For example,
higher income generally results in
access to better prenatal care, as
well as better nutrition for the
mother. An equation that
recognizes this is
bwght = Bo + B

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