Alcohol Exposure In Utero and Child Academic Achievement

We thank Neil Davies, Jason Fletcher, Steve Lehrer, Debbie Lawlor, Maarten Lindeboom, Owen O'Donnell, Christine Valente, Frank Windmeijer, conference participants at the Integrating Genetics and Social Science Conference, the 20th Workshop on Health Economics and Econometrics, the 2013 Royal Economic Society conference, and seminar participants at the University of Sheffield and University College Dublin for helpful comments on earlier version of this paper. We are extremely grateful to all the families who took part in this study, the midwives for their help in recruiting them, and the whole ALSPAC team, which includes interviewers, computer and laboratory technicians, clerical workers, research scientists, volunteers, managers, receptionists and nurses. The UK Medical Research Council (MRC), the Wellcome Trust and the University of Bristol provide core support for ALSPAC. This publication is the work of the authors, who will serve as guarantors for the contents of this paper. We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the UK Economic and Social Research Council (PTA-026-27-2335), the UK Medical Research Council (G1002345, G0902144), and the NIH/NIDCR (R01 DE020895). The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.