Costa, Dora L.; Lahey, Joanna N. - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 3 (2005) 2-3, pp. 487-493
Improving early prenatal and postnatal conditions account for at least 16% to 17% of the decline in ten-year mortality rates of 60-79-year-olds between 1900 and 1960-1980. Historical trends in early prenatal and postnatal conditions imply that while the baby-boom cohort may be particularly...