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Long-term effects of childhood nutrition : evidence from a school lunch reform

Alex-Petersen, Jesper; Lundborg, Petter; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2017

-term outcomes, including lifetime income, health, cognitive skills, and education. Our results show that the school lunch program …

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Early life health and adult earnings : evidence from a large sample of siblings and twins

Lundborg, Petter; Nilsson, Anton; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2011

We study the relationship between early life health and adult earnings using a unique dataset that covers almost the entire population of Swedish males born between 1950 and 1970. The health information is obtained from medical examinations during the mandatory military enlistment tests at age...

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Income receipt and mortality : evidence from Swedish public sector employees

Andersson, Elvira; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2014

is entirely driven by an increase in mortality among low income individuals, who are more likely to experience liquidity …

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Air pollution and infant health : what can we learn from California's recent experience?

Currie, Janet M. (contributor); Neidell, Matthew (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Critical periods during childhood and adolescence : a study of adult height among immigrant siblings

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lundborg, Petter; Nystedt, Paul; … - 2009

We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children's development towards their adult health status. For this we use data on families migrating into Sweden from countries that are mostly poorer, with less healthy conditions. Long-run health is proxied by adult height. The relation...

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Parental education and offspring outcomes : evidence from the Swedish compulsory schooling reform

Lundborg, Petter; Nilsson, Anton; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2012

In this paper, we exploit the Swedish compulsory schooling reform in order to estimate the causal effect of parental education on son's outcomes. We use data from the Swedish enlistment register on the entire population of males and focus on outcomes such as cognitive skills, non-cognitive...

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Violence while in utero : the impact of assaults during pregnancy on birth outcomes

Currie, Janet M.; Mueller-Smith, Michael; … - 2018

Causal evidence of the effects of violent crime on its victims is sparse. Yet such evidence is needed to determine the social cost of crime and to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of policy interventions in the justice system. This study presents new evidence on the effects of violent crime on...

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Mergers and birth outcomes : evidence from maternity ward closures

Avdic, Daniel; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2018

Evidence suggests that hospital mergers can reduce costs but less is known about their effects on patient outcomes. We study how a wave of mergers that led to the shutdown of one third of all Swedish maternity wards affected the health of mothers who gave birth and their newborns. Applying a...

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Birth weight in the long-run

Bharadwaj, Prashant; Lundborg, Petter; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2015

We study the effect of birth weight on long-run outcomes, including permanent income, income across various stages of … spanning nearly entire life time labor market histories. We find that birth weight positively affects permanent income and … income across large parts of the life cycle, although there is some evidence of a fade out after age 50. Our results indicate …

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Health and unemployment during macroeconomic crises

Bharadwaj, Prashant; Lundborg, Petter; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2015

This paper shows that health is an important determinant of labor market vulnerability during large economic crises. Using data on adults during Sweden's unexpected economic crisis in the early 1990s, we show that early and later life health are important determinants of job loss after the...

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