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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...

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Gender Patterns in Vietnam's Child Mortality

Pham, Thong - 2011

We analyze child mortality in Vietnam focusing on gender aspects. Contrary to several other countries in the region, mortality rates for boys are substantially larger than for girls. A large rural-urban mortality difference exists, but much more so for boys than for girls. A higher education...

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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...

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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...

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Understanding the Mechanisms Linking College Education with Longevity

Hong, Kai - 2020

We go beyond estimating the effect of college attainment on longevity by uncovering the mechanisms behind this effect … longevity is well explained by observed mechanisms. Furthermore, we find that for women, the positive effect of education on … longevity has been historically masked by the negative effect of education on marriage. An adjustment for the relationship …

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Conjugal Bereavement Effects on Health and Mortality at Advanced Ages

van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2007

We specify a model for the lifetimes of spouses and the dynamic evolution of health, allowing spousal death to have causal effects on the health and mortality of the survivor. We estimate the model using a longitudinal survey that traces many health status aspects over time, and that is linked...

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Assessing the Effect of Mother's Migration on Childhood Mortality in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi

Konseiga, Adama - 2010

Between one and two million migrants reside in cramped conditions in Nairobi's slums without proper access to sanitation or affordable clean water. Children in such areas are exposed to enormous risks, health risks in particular. Using longitudinal data collected every four months during the...

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Education, Cognitive Ability and Cause-Specific Mortality : A Structural Approach

Bijwaard, Govert E. - 2016

Education is negatively associated with mortality for most major causes of death. The literature ignores that cause-specific hazard rates are interdependent and that education and mortality both depend on cognitive ability. We analyze the education-mortality gradient at ages 18-63 using Swedish...

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Modelling Heaped Duration Data : An Application to Neonatal Mortality

Arulampalam, Wiji - 2014

In 2005, the Indian Government launched a conditional cash-incentive program to encourage institutional delivery. This paper studies the effects of the program on neonatal mortality using district-level household survey data. We model mortality using survival analysis, paying special attention...

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Cognitive Ability and the Mortality Gradient by Education : Selection or Mediation?

Bijwaard, Govert E. - 2016

Large differences in mortality rates across those with different levels of education are a well- established fact. This association between mortality and education may partly be explained by confounding factors, including cognitive ability. Cognitive ability may also be affected by education so...

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