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CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY LIFE HEALTH
Case, Anne; Paxson, Christina - Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson … - 2010
We examine the consequences of childhood health for economic and health outcomes in adulthood, using height as a marker … height and a range of outcomes, including schooling, employment, earnings, health and cognitive ability, using data collected … from early to late adulthood on cohort members in five longitudinal data sets. We find height is uniformly associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150248
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Health, Height, Height Shrinkage and SES at Older Ages: Evidence from China
Huang, Wei; Lei, Xiaoyan; Ridder, Geert; Strauss, John; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Adult height, as a marker of childhood health, has recently become a focus in understanding the relationship between … childhood health and health outcomes at older ages. However, measured height of the older individuals is contaminated by height … shrinkage from aging. Height shrinkage, in turn may be correlated with health conditions and socio-economic status from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279347
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The Role of Childhood Health for the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from Administrative Data
Salm, Martin; Schunk, Daniel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We use unique administrative German data to examine the role of childhood health for the intergenerational transmission of human capital. Specifically, we examine the extent to which a comprehensive list of health conditions – diagnosed by government physicians – can account for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822788
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War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War
Akresh, Richard; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Leone, Marinella; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 was precipitated by secession of the Igbo-dominated south-eastern region to create the state of Biafra. It was the first civil war in Africa, the predecessor of many. We investigate the legacies of this war four decades later. Using variation across ethnicity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395428
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War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War
Akresh, Richard; Bhalotra, Sonia; Leone, Marinella; … - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2011
The Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 was precipitated by secession of the Igbo-dominated south-eastern region to create the state of Biafra. It was the first civil war in Africa, the predecessor of many. We investigate the legacies of this war four decades later. Using variation across ethnicity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009415741
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War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War
Akresh, Richard; Bhalotra, Sonia; Leone, Marinella; … - Households in Conflict Network - 2012
The Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 was precipitated by secession of the Igbodominated south-eastern region to create the state of Biafra. It was the first civil war in Africa, the predecessor of many. We investigate the legacies of this war four decades later. Using variation across ethnicity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598211
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Measuring catch-up growth in malnourished populations
Hirvonen, Kalle - Department of Economics, School of Business, Management … - 2013
studies have analysed the extent of such catch-up growth by regressing adult height on early childhood height. In this paper … recovery in the Philippines cohort. In Kagera, almost 75 per cent of the children experience catch-up growth. The mean height …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010625621
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Causes and Consequences of Early Life Health
Case, Anne; Paxson, Christina - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
We examine the consequences of childhood health for economic and health outcomes in adulthood, using height as a marker … height and a range of outcomes, including schooling, employment, earnings, health and cognitive ability, using data collected … from early to late adulthood on cohort members in five longitudinal data sets. We find height is uniformly associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008634631
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Teen Smoking and Birth Outcomes
Tekin, Erdal; Walker, MaryBeth; Wallace, Sally - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
In the U.S. teen mothers are more likely to give birth to low birth weight babies than non-teen mothers. There is also substantial evidence that smoking is a risk factor correlated with low birth weight. Low birth weight is a costly outcome in both the short and long term for parents, children,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005049919
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Teen Smoking and Birth Outcomes
Walker, Mary Beth; Tekin, Erdal; Wallace, Sally - In: Southern Economic Journal 75 (2009) 3, pp. 892-907
Teen mothers in the United States are more likely to give birth to low birth weight babies. Substantial evidence indicates that smoking is a risk factor correlated with low birth weight. Low birth weight is a costly outcome for parents, children, and society at large. This paper examines the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005548467