A number of studies have documented negative long term effects of low birth weight. Yet, not much is known about the dynamics of the process leading to adverse health and educational outcomes in the long-run. While some studies find effects of the same size at both school age and young...

Earlier studies have concluded that the use of self-reported health in retirement models is likely to yield an unreliable <p> impact of health on retirement due to “justification bias”. A few recent studies based on younger cohorts approaching <p> retirement age have found little support for this...</p></p>