This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of health in the very long run. Using a unique purpose … (IGT) of health and the impact of previous generations' health shocks on socioeconomic outcomes. Our results provide strong … evidence in favour of IGT of health, in particular for males. In contrast to the existing literature that focuses on early life …

Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal …

Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal …

the SES inequality in health. We measure physicians' SES by their childhood SES and find that SES concordance decreases …, they translate to a 24% reduction in the SES-mortality gradient. SES concordance changes the health behavior of the patient …

(SES) can also improve the well-being of their children. This chapter identifies several channels for this effect, drawing … like health, education, and labor market success is presented, with a focus on recent work using new data sets and … maternal well-being can affect not only a woman's own children, but future generations as well. Finally, the chapter highlights …

We examine the role of health shocks in childhood and parental background in transmitting intergenerational inequality …. We use Danish administrative registry data (a setting with universal access to health care) and the quasi-random onset of … health shock. This gradient is partly driven by differential impacts on health and human capital across the socioeconomic …

associations with long-term health, educational and labour-market outcomes. This paper exploits intergenerational information on … three generations (grandparents-parents-children) to explore the effects of parental education and different parental …. We employ rich intergenerational data drawn from the US National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and a …

in life along multiple measures. We also find that the children of those exposed also experience improved health and … Indonesian Family Life Survey covering two generations. We find that individuals exposed to the program have better health later …

-related disorders for multiparous and older mothers. The policy implications of our findings extend beyond the health impacts of early … outcomes and maternal employment, less attention has been given to its effects on maternal health despite its relevance within … the household. This study investigates the impact of public early childcare on maternal short- and long-term health. Based …

We study the effects of school starting age on siblings' infant health. In Spain, children born in December start … discontinuity design to compare the health at birth of the children of women born in January versus the previous December, using … children of December-born mothers, the children of January-born mothers are more likely to have very low birthweight. We then …