We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children’s labor market out- comes. We focus on health shocks which …

We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children's labor market outcomes. We focus on health shocks which …

a health shock. I find that employment and income of adult children are slightly reduced in the years leading up to the …

We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children's labor market outcomes. We focus on health shocks which …

In this paper we address the long-run effects of childhood shocks on health in late adulthood. Applying a life … health outcomes after age fifty. Having lived in a children s home, in a foster family, or having suffered a period of hunger … and later health into a-priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks have opposite effects for specific groups. …

In this article, we address the long-run associations between childhood shocks and health in late adulthood. Applying a …, dispossession, or hunger and health outcomes after 50 years of age. Having lived in a children’s home, in a foster family, or having … correlations between shocks and later health into a priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks show opposite relations …

waves of the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) dataset and construct a health deficit index. Results … from log-linear regressions suggest that, on average, elderly European men and women developed about 20 percent more health … suggesting that health deficits in old age are up to 40 percent higher for children suffering from hunger. The wedge of health …

We investigate how the season of birth affects human health and aging. For this purpose, we use five waves of the … Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) dataset and construct a health deficit index for 21 European … spring and summer (compared to autumn). At given age, they have developed about 3.5 percent more health deficits. The bulk of …

This paper investigates the effects of expanding public health insurance eligibility for older children. Using data … from the National Health Interview Surveys from 1986 to 2005, we first show that although income continues to be an … important predictor of children's health status, the importance of income for predicting health has fallen for children 9 to 17 …