Empirical research and policy evaluation on effect of new-born babies' health on academic achievement and health capital

• Project/Area Number: 15K17082
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Public finance/Public economy
• Research Institution: Osaka University of Commerce
• Principal Investigator: Matsushima Midori 大阪商業大学, 公共学部, 講師 (20634520)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 新生児の健康 / 成長 / 政策のインパクト / 親の経済状況 / 保健医療政策 / 低体重出生 / 妊産婦 / 乳幼児 / 健康 / 教育成果 / 健康資本 / 医療政策 / 妊婦健康診査 / 低体重出生児 / 乳幼児医療助成制度 / 妊婦健康診査公費負担制度 / 低出生体重児 / 乳幼児医療費助成制度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research used several different data sets, and carried out five estimations focusing on different aspects to understand effect of new-born babies’ health on academic achievement and health capital and impact of policy relating to mothers and babies. They are: 1. Effect of parents’ employment status on new-born babies’ health, 2. Impact of prenatal care subsidies on new-born babies’ weight and growth, 3. Effect of low birth weight through one’s life course, 4. Effect of weight at birth on growth at different age. Although there were limitation to these analyses, results suggest that new-born babies’ health is determined by parents’ economic status, there are possibility of policy intervention to ameliorate the negative effects, and birth weight have significant impact on one’s growth.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

申請者は日本を対象とし，低体重出生の原因と帰結を体系的に把握することを試みた。健康状態に関しては，日本でも海外の先行研究同様に低出生体重が長期的にも負の影響を及ぼすことが明らかとなった。生産能力や，学歴については明らかな結果は得られなかったことから，日本の公共政策などが低体重児出生の負の影響を緩和している可能性も考えられる。学術的意義として挙げられるのは，まずこの一連の研究が日本において初めてのものであり，出生時の健康状態が人生において非常に重要であることを示した点である。また，本研究では政策介入のインパクトも測定しており，定量的にインパクトを示したという点で社会的意義を持つものである。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Effect of unemployment on infant health (2019)
  • Author(s): Kohara Miki、Matsushima Midori、Ohtake Fumio
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Volume: 52 Pages: 68-77
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2019.03.002
  • NAID: 210000180351
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] 妊婦健康診査の公費負担回数増加が健診回数及び低体重出生児割合に与える影響 (2019)
  • Author(s): 松島みどり・小原美紀
  • Journal Title: 社会保障研究 Volume: 3 Pages: 546-560
  • NAID: 40021875339
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Life course consequences of low birth weight: Evidence from Japan (2018)
  • Author(s): Matsushima, Midori., Shimizutani, Satoshi., Yamada, Hiroyuki
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Volume: 50 Pages: 37-47
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2018.07.001
  • NAID: 210000185632
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] The effect of birth weight on child development (2018)
  • Author(s): Mao Nakayama (共著）
  • Organizer: The 16th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association in Cooperation with National Taiwan University
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The Effect of Public Support of Prenatal Care on Infant Health. (2017)
  • Author(s): Midori Matsushima
  • Organizer: Society of Economics of the Household
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 妊婦健康診査の公費負担回数増加が新生児の健康状態に与える影響 (2016)
  • Author(s): 松島みどり
  • Organizer: 医療経済学会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学(東京都新宿区）