.S., including weight, height, the body mass index (BMI), asthma and depression for both natives and immigrants. We show that both …, immigrants experience higher persistence than natives in weight and BMI. We also find that mothers' education decreases children …, we find that the longer immigrants remain in the U.S., the less intergenerational persistence there is and the more …

Can a major shock in childhood permanently shape trust? We consider a hunger episode in Germany after WWII and … regional and temporal variation. We correlate hunger exposure with measures of trust using data from a nationally … significantly lower levels of trust as adults. This finding highlights that early-life experiences can have long-term effects in …