Almond, Douglas; Currie, Janet; Herrmann, Mariesa - In: Labour Economics 19 (2012) 4, pp. 475-483
This paper investigates the connections between a woman's early life disease environment and her future health, socioeconomic status, and the health of her children. We exploit U.S. birth records, which can be linked to the post-neonatal mortality rates in the mother's state of birth and provide...