Background: Nutrition in utero and infancy may causally affect health and mortality at old ages. Until now, very few … studies have demonstrated long-run effects on survival of early life nutrition, mainly because of data limitations and … individual characteristics and additional (early life) determinants of mortality. Results: Men exposed to severe famine during …

Background: Nutrition in utero and infancy may causally affect health and mortality at old ages. Until now, very few … studies have demonstrated long-Run effects on survival of early life nutrition, mainly because of data limitations and … individual characteristics and additional (early life) determinants of mortality. Results: Men exposed to severe famine during …

Background: Nutrition in utero and infancy may causally affect health and mortality at old ages. Until now, very few … studies have demonstrated long-run effects on survival of early life nutrition, mainly because of data limitations and … individual characteristics and additional (early life) determinants of mortality. Results: Men exposed to severe famine during …

causal effects on the health and mortality of the survivor. We estimate the model using a longitudinal survey that traces … takes account of selectivity in partners' mortality and health evolution. We find strong instantaneous effects of … bereavement on mortality and on certain aspects of health. Individuals lose on average 12% of residual life expectancy after …

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 … indicators. We correct for secular changes over time and other mortality determinants. We nonparametrically compare those born in … a recession to those born in the preceding boom, and we estimate duration models where the individual's mortality rate …

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