death, covering a window of unprecedented size (1912-2000) are merged with historical data on macroeconomic and health …

on health later in life is based on pre-1940 birth cohorts. They were born in times where social safety nets were largely …-economic, biological and health data from over 75k individuals aged between 18 and 63. We conclude that women born in adverse economic …

We compare estimates of the effects of education on health and health behaviour using two different instrumental … distribution. We find that estimates using each approach are remarkably congruent for a wide range of health outcomes. Effect sizes …

Numerous studies have evaluated the effect of nutrition early in life on health much later in life by comparing …. In this paper we estimate this average causal effect on health outcomes later in life, by applying instrumental variable … estimation, using data with self-reported periods of hunger earlier in life, with famines as instruments. The data contain …

spouse, disability, and a move toa nursing home, may affect the mental health status of the individual. Forexample, the … behavior,health status, and major life events, over time. To deal with endogenousaspects of these events we apply fixed effects … estimation methods. We findsome strikingly large effects of certain events on the occurrence of depression. We show that the …

generation, males (females) tend to have higher mental health scores if their paternal grandfather (maternal grandmother) was …