The role early-life conditions in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life

Serious life events, such as the loss or the onset of a chronic condition may influence cognitive functioning. We examine whether the cognitive impact of such events is stronger if conditions very early in life were adverse, using Dutch lnogitudinal data of older persons. We exploit exogenous variation in early-life conditions as generated by the business.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	van den Berg, Gerard J. ; Deeg, Dorly J. H. ; Lindeboom, Maarten ; Portrait, France
Publisher:	Uppsala : Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
Subject:	Kognitive Fähigkeiten \| Gesundheit \| Lebensverlauf \| Schock \| Konjunktur \| Niederlande \| Cognitive functioning \| business cycle \| bereavement \| developmental origins \| retirement \| health \| long-run effects \| pension \| dementia

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Series:	Working Paper ; 2010:10
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	635757206 [GVK] hdl:10419/45779 [Handle]
Classification:	I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; I10 - Health. General ; J14 - Economics of the Elderly ; E32 - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Source:	EconStor

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