mother is well-educated. -- early-life conditions ; migration ; parental education ; adult health ; height retardation ; age …We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children's development towards their adult health status. For …-run health is proxied by adult height. The relation between siblings' ages at migration and their heights after age 18 allows us …

mother is well-educated. -- Early-life conditions ; migration ; parental education ; adult health ; height retardation ; age …We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children's development towards their adult health status. For …. Long-run health is proxied by adult height. The relation between siblings' ages at migration and their heights after age 18 …

) 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 effects. We use individual records of Swedish birth cohorts from 1915 … (across the full range) and CV mortality rate later in life is significantly stronger if the individual is born in a recession …

sugar exposure. We find that prenatal exposure to derationing increases education and reduces BMI and sugar consumption at …

sugar exposure. We find that prenatal exposure to derationing increases education and reduces BMI and sugar consumption at …

sugar exposure. We find t hat p renatal e xposure t o d erationing increases education and reduces BMI and sugar consumption …

There has been much interest recently in the relationship between economic conditions and mortality, with some studies … showing that mortality is pro-cyclical whereas others find the opposite. Some suggest that the aggregation level of analysis … men from 1993 to 2007. Our results show that the association between the business cycle and mortality does not depend on …

We analyze the effect of economic conditions early in life on individual mortality rate later in life, using business … death, covering a window of unprecedented size (1912-2000) are merged with historical data on macroeconomic and health … indicators. We correct for secular changes over time and other mortality determinants. We nonparametrically compare those born in …

For all climatic regions, mortality due to cold exceeds mortality due to heat. We examine whether cold …-related mortality in adulthood varies positively with unusually benign ambient temperature during gestation, using data on over 13 … rate of mortality due to cold-related IHD. However, we do not find such a relation for cold-related stroke mortality …

We compare estimates of the effects of education on health and health behaviour using two different instrumental … randomization (MR), is based on genetic variants. The natural experiment exploits a compulsory schooling reform in the UK in 1972 … of education for those at the lower end of the ability distribution whereas MR affects individuals across the entire …