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"From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger : early life conditions and adult health in Ireland"

Delaney, Liam; McGovern, Mark E.; Smith, James P. - 2009

We use data from the Irish census and exploit regional and temporal variation in infant mortality rates over the 20th century to examine effects of early life conditions on later life health. Our main identification is public health interventions which eliminated the Irish urban infant mortality...

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From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger : early life conditions and adult health in Ireland

Delaney, Liam; McGovern, Mark E.; Smith, James P. - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003910207

From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger : early life conditions and adult health in Ireland

Delaney, Liam; McGovern, Mark E.; Smith, James P. - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009725471

Atmospheric Air Pollution and Birth Weight

Bharadwaj, Prashant - 2013

We examine the impact of air pollution (PM10 measure) on birth weight, probability of being Low Birth Weight (less than 2500 grams), and Very Low Birth Weight (less than 1500 grams). We exploit the unique interaction between rainfall and pollution accumulation in Santiago, Chile to pin down the...

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Maternal Stress During Pregnancy and Early Childhood Development

Berthelon, Matias - 2018

child by age 2. By exploiting a longitudinal dataset of children and their parents, we find that children who were exposed …, exposed children had a lower level of development, cognition skills, and more attention problems relative to children not … trimester of pregnancy. The negative impact on cognitive skills and development is concentrated on lower-income children and …

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Child Health, Remote Work and the Female Wage Penalty

Kouki, Amairisa - 2020

Using data on American women and the health status of their children, this paper studies the effect of remote work on … children must be temporarily quarantined …

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Performance and Inequality in Health : A Comparison of Child and Maternal Health Across Asia

Apouey, Benedicte - 2016

A country's performance in health attainment refers to both its achievement (level) and its improvement (evolution) in the health domain. Studies on performance generally measure health attainment using the average health level of the population, and quantify health improvement employing the...

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How Season of Birth Affects Health and Aging

Abeliansky, Ana; Strulik, Holger - 2018

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 countries. Results from log-linear regressions suggest that, on...

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Health, Disability & Parental Interests : Adopting a Contextual Approach in the Reproductive Torts

Priaulx, Nicolette M. - 2006

from the (judicially viewed harmless) experience of caring for non-disabled children, this article takes issue with the …

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Remote Work, Children's Health and the Racial Gap in Female Wages

Kouki, Amairisa; Sauer, Robert M. - 2022

race and may be especially applicable when children are temporarily quarantined due to illness …

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