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

This study investigates whether rights to paid parental leave improve pediatric health, as measured by birth weights … senior citizens, whose health is not expected to be affected by parental leave. More generous leave rights are found to … reduce deaths of infants and young children. The magnitudes of the estimated effects are substantial, especially for those …

This study investigates whether rights to paid parental leave improve pediatric health, as measured by birth weights … senior citizens, whose health is not expected to be affected by parental leave. More generous leave rights are found to … reduce deaths of infants and young children. The magnitudes of the estimated effects are substantial, especially for those …