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  • Pediatrics
  • Educational Psychology
  • Human Capital Development

Background:

  • The relationship between birth weight and long-term academic outcomes is a key area of developmental research.
  • Understanding how demographic changes influence this association is crucial for public health and educational policy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the long-term association between birth weight and school performance in Norway.
  • To examine how this relationship has evolved with demographic changes over nearly two decades.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized administrative data from Norway spanning nearly two decades.
  • Employed multiple model specifications, including those controlling for unobserved family heterogeneity and a twin design.

Main Results:

  • Higher birth weight consistently predicts better school performance, particularly in mathematics.
  • The association was slightly stronger in girls but not robust in the twin design.
  • Findings remained robust across various model specifications, indicating stability.

Conclusions:

  • Birth weight is a stable predictor of academic achievement.
  • The findings highlight the importance of birth weight in understanding early-life determinants of human capital.
  • The study provides contemporary evidence on this link amidst demographic shifts.