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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2013
We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076150
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Sanctions for Young Welfare Recipients
van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2013
Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with … the literature on the effects of sanctions in social welfare systems and we present first results on the effects of … sanctions for young unemployed welfare recipients based on German administrative data. The German welfare system is particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074831
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Instrumental variable estimation of the causal effect of hunger early in life on health later in life
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Pinger, Pia R.; Schoch, Johannes - 2012
Numerous studies have evaluated the effect of nutrition early in life on health much later in life by comparing individuals born during a famine to others. Nutritional intake is typically unobserved and endogenous, whereas famines arguably provide exogenous variation in the provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010308274
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Long-Term Effects of Famine on Life Expectancy : A Re-Analysis of the Great Finnish Famine of 1866-1868
Doblhammer-Reiter, Gabriele - 2011
Famines are extreme cases of environmental stress, and have been used by a series of studies to explore the long-term consequences of the fetal or childhood environment. Results are inconsistent and do not support negative long-term effects on mortality. The authors test the hypothesis that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129087
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The Role of Marriage in the Causal Pathway from Economic Conditions Early in Life to Mortality
van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2011
This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality. We use individual data from Dutch registers (years 1815-2000), combined with business cycle conditions in childhood as indicators of early-life conditions. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130792
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Economic Conditions at the Time of Birth and Cognitive Abilities Late in Life : Evidence from Eleven European Countries
Doblhammer-Reiter, Gabriele - 2011
With ageing populations and a stronger reliance on individual financial decision-making concerning asset portfolios, retirement schemes, pensions and insurances, it becomes increasingly important to understand the determinants of cognitive ability among the elderly. Macro-economic recession and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120826
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The Economics of Grief
van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2012
We study the short-run and long-run economic impact of one of the largest losses that an individual can face; the death of a child. We utilize unique merged registers on the entire Swedish population, combining information on the date and cause of death with parents' labor market outcomes, health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097214
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The Impact of Early Life Economic Conditions on Cause-Specific Mortality During Adulthood
Yeung, Gary - 2012
The aim of this study is to assess the effects of economic conditions in early life on cause-specific mortality during adulthood. The analyses are performed on a unique historical sample of 14,520 Dutch individuals born in 1880-1918, who are followed throughout life. The economic conditions in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106947
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Long-Run Effects of Gestation During the Dutch Hunger Winter Famine on Labor Market and Hospitalization Outcomes
Scholte, Robert - 2014
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial demarcations are clear, it was severe, it was not anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066685
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Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life
van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2014
Numerous studies have evaluated the effect of nutrition early in life on health much later in life by comparing individuals born during a famine to others. Nutritional intake is typically unobserved and endogenous, whereas famines arguably provide exogenous variation in the provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013067086