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Height and cognitive function among older Europeans: Do people from "tall" countries have superior cognitive abilities?
Guven, Cahit; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2011
Previous research has found that height is correlated with cognitive functioning at older ages. It therefore makes … shorter people, such as Italy and Spain. We exploit variations in height trends due to nutritional deprivation in World War II … in Europe and use an instrumental variable analysis to further estimate the potential impact of height on cognitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282143
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Height, aging and cognitive abilities across Europe
Guven, Cahit; Lee, Wang-Sheng - In: Economics & Human Biology 16 (2015) C, pp. 16-29
Previous research has found that as a marker of childhood circumstances, height is correlated with cognitive …,000 respondents from 11 countries, we find that height is positively and significantly associated with cognitive functioning in later … life despite controlling for a myriad of possible confounding factors. A 10cm increase in height is associated with a 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011191047
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World War II, the Baby Boom and Employment: County Level Evidence
Brodeur, Abel; Kattan, Lamis - 2021
This paper examines the impact of male casualties due to World War II on fertility and female employment in the United States. We rely on the number of casualties at the county-level and use a difference-in-differences strategy. While most counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597556
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World War II, the baby boom and employment: county level evidence
Brodeur, Abel; Kattan, Lamis - 2021
This paper examines the impact of male casualties due to World War II on fertility and female employment in the United States. We rely on the number of casualties at the county-level and use a difference-in-differences strategy. While most counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519248
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World War II, the baby boom and employment : county level evidence
Brodeur, Abel; Kattan, Lamis - 2021
This paper examines the impact of male casualties due to World War II on fertility and female employment in the United States. We rely on the number of casualties at the county-level and use a difference-in-differences strategy. While most counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518072
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Nuns and the effects of Catholic schools : evidence from Vatican II
Gihleb, Rania; Giuntella, Osea - 2013
This paper examines the causal effects of Catholic schooling on educational attainment. Using a novel instrumental-variable approach that exploits an exogenous shock to the Catholic school system, we show that the positive correlation between Catholic schooling and student outcomes is explained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221564
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Height and cognitive function among older Europeans : do people from "tall" countries have superior cognitive abilities?
Guven, Cahit; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2011
Previous research has found that height is correlated with cognitive functioning at older ages. It therefore makes … shorter people, such as Italy and Spain. We exploit variations in height trends due to nutritional deprivation in World War II … in Europe and use an instrumental variable analysis to further estimate the potential impact of height on cognitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523499
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Height and Cognitive Function Among Older Europeans : Do People from 'Tall' Countries Have Superior Cognitive Abilities?
Guven, Cahit - 2012
Previous research has found that height is correlated with cognitive functioning at older ages. It therefore makes … shorter people, such as Italy and Spain. We exploit variations in height trends due to nutritional deprivation in World War II … in Europe and use an instrumental variable analysis to further estimate the potential impact of height on cognitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113094
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Casual Returns to Education: A Survey on Empirical Evidence for Germany
Flossmann, Anton L.; Pohlmeier, Winfried - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 226 (2006) 1, pp. 6-23
This paper surveys the empirical evidence on casual effects of education on earnings for Germany and compares alternatie studies in the light of their underlying identifying assumptions. We work out the different assumptions taken by various studies, which lead to rather different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005272956
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Health, Height, Height Shrinkage and SES at Older Ages: Evidence from China
Huang, Wei; Lei, Xiaoyan; Ridder, Geert; Strauss, John; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
Adult height, as a marker of childhood health, has recently become a focus in understanding the relationship between … childhood health and health outcomes at older ages. However, measured height of the older individuals is contaminated by height … shrinkage from aging. Height shrinkage, in turn may be correlated with health conditions and socio-economic status from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945489