We study the effect of birth weight on long-run outcomes, including permanent income, income across various stages of … spanning nearly entire life time labor market histories.We find that birth weight positively affects permanent income and … income across large parts of the life cycle, although there is some evidence of a fade out after age 50. Our results indicate …

income per capita stagnation in the pre-Industrial Revolution era. The theory suggests that improvements in technology during … this period generated only temporary gains in income per capita, eventually leading to a larger but not richer population …

We provide the first twin-based estimates of the intergenerational transmission of income between fathers and sons …. Using Swedish register data on the income of monozygotic twin fathers and their sons, we are able to control for unobserved … income elasticity of 0.276, while our twin-based intergenerational income elasticity is 0.12. This is close to the estimate …

effect is entirely driven by an increase in mortality among low income individuals, who are more likely to experience …