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Race and the inheritance of low birth weightD Conley
Department of Sociology, New York University, Baruch School of Public Affairs and Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA
Soc Biol 47:77-93. 2000..Finally, we theorize that the importance of paternal birth weight status implies a genetic association that does not work through the uterine environment but rather through the fetus itself...
Birth weight and income: interactions across generationsD Conley
Department of Sociology, New York University, 269 Mercer Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10003, USA
J Health Soc Behav 42:450-65. 2001..These findings suggest the existence of biosocial interactions between hereditary predisposition and socio-economic environment...
Welfare state and infant mortalityD Conley
Center for Advanced Social Science Research, New York University, NY 10003, USA
AJS 107:768-807. 2001..Finally, this study tests for structural breaks in the relationship between health spending and infant mortality and finds none over this time period...
Twin differences in birth weight: the effects of genotype and prenatal environment on neonatal and post-neonatal mortalityDalton Conley
Department of Sociology, New York University and National Bureau of Economic Research, 269 Mercer Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10003, USA
Econ Hum Biol 4:151-83. 2006..Such distinct findings by gestation suggest that genes and prenatal environment may play varying roles in birth weight-mortality associations across different situations...
Black-white achievement gap and family wealthW Jean Yeung
Department of Sociology, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA
Child Dev 79:303-24. 2008..Family wealth was associated with a higher quality home environment, better parenting behavior, and children's private school attendance...
The promise and challenges of incorporating genetic data into longitudinal social science surveys and researchDalton Conley
New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
Biodemography Soc Biol 55:238-51. 2009..Likewise, genetic associations found in human population studies should then be tested through knock-out and over-expression studies in model organisms...
Gender, body mass, and socioeconomic status: new evidence from the PSIDDalton Conley
Department of Sociology, New York University, New York, NY, USA
Adv Health Econ Health Serv Res 17:253-75. 2007..These effects are robust--they persist much longer than previously understood and they persist across the life course, affecting older women as well as younger women...
