) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and … death cause.The birth weight distribution does not vary over the business cycle. The association between birth weight … (across the full range) and CV mortality rate later in life is significantly stronger if the individual is born in a recession …

This paper studies how stress affects the mortality risk. Allowing for time-varying treatment effects, I find no impact … of stress on the short-run mortality risk but a substantially increase in the long-run and in particular for men. This is … effects of mental health support, I find that it lowers the mortality risk for women. The results for men point toward lower …

children are choice-based, reflecting prior selective fertility and mortality behavior. Parameter identification is the most …This paper estimates the determinants of child mortality and child health allowing for the possibility that samples of … serious practical problem in controlling for fertility and mortality selection. Identification is achieved by imposing a …

probability of neonatal survival for children who are born in areas that experience higher growth in employment opportunities post …

this purpose, we use both an adoption and a twin design and study the effect of parents' education on their children …'s cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and health. Our results show that greater parental education increases children … children's education may work partly through the positive effect that parental education has on children's skills and health …

this purpose, we use both an adoption and a twin design and study the effect of parents' education on their children …'s cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and health. Our results show that greater parental education increases children … children's education may work partly through the positive effect that parental education has on children's skills and health …

this purpose, we use both an adoption and a twin design and study the effect of parents' education on their children …'s cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and health. Our results show that greater parental education increases children … children's education may work partly through the positive effect that parental education has on children's skills and health. …

Lead exposure has detrimental effects on fertility, infants, children, and adults. Despite the success in removing lead …, extensive research links elevated blood lead levels in children to academic and behavioral outcomes, but more limited attention … has been given to lead's impact on fertility, infant mortality, and infant health. This paper examines the existing quasi …

This paper studies how stress affects the mortality risk. Using a flexible approach and allowing for timevarying … treatment effects, I find no impact of stress on the short-run mortality risk but a substantially increase in the long-run. The … substantially lower the mortality risk for women. The results for men point towards lower effectiveness likely due to stigma effects …