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Understanding the Mechanisms Linking College Education with Longevity

Hong, Kai - 2020

We go beyond estimating the effect of college attainment on longevity by uncovering the mechanisms behind this effect … potential mechanisms, including health behaviors, lifestyles, earnings, work conditions, and health at the start of the risk … longevity is well explained by observed mechanisms. Furthermore, we find that for women, the positive effect of education on …

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Gender Patterns in Vietnam's Child Mortality

Pham, Thong - 2011

We analyze child mortality in Vietnam focusing on gender aspects. Contrary to several other countries in the region, mortality rates for boys are substantially larger than for girls. A large rural-urban mortality difference exists, but much more so for boys than for girls. A higher education...

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The Impact of Early Life Economic Conditions on Cause-Specific Mortality During Adulthood

Yeung, Gary - 2012

The aim of this study is to assess the effects of economic conditions in early life on cause-specific mortality during adulthood. The analyses are performed on a unique historical sample of 14,520 Dutch individuals born in 1880-1918, who are followed throughout life. The economic conditions in...

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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality

van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2013

direct biological mechanisms. We do not find evidence of indirect pathways through ability or education, and the long …

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Long-Term Effects of Famine on Life Expectancy : A Re-Analysis of the Great Finnish Famine of 1866-1868

Doblhammer-Reiter, Gabriele - 2011

Famines are extreme cases of environmental stress, and have been used by a series of studies to explore the long-term consequences of the fetal or childhood environment. Results are inconsistent and do not support negative long-term effects on mortality. The authors test the hypothesis that...

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The Role of Marriage in the Causal Pathway from Economic Conditions Early in Life to Mortality

Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2011

This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality. We use individual data from Dutch registers (years 1815-2000), combined with business cycle conditions in childhood as indicators of early-life conditions. The empirical...

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Being Born under Adverse Economic Conditions Leads to a Higher Cardiovascular Mortality Rate Later in Life : Evidence Based on Individuals Born at Different Stages of the Business Cycle

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Doblhammer, Gabriele; … - 2021

We connect the recent medical and economic literatures on the long-run effects of early-life conditions, by analyzing the effects of economic conditions on the individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality rate later in life, using individual data records from the Danish Twin Registry covering births...

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Assessing the Effect of Mother's Migration on Childhood Mortality in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi

Konseiga, Adama - 2010

Between one and two million migrants reside in cramped conditions in Nairobi's slums without proper access to sanitation or affordable clean water. Children in such areas are exposed to enormous risks, health risks in particular. Using longitudinal data collected every four months during the...

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Conjugal Bereavement Effects on Health and Mortality at Advanced Ages

van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2007

We specify a model for the lifetimes of spouses and the dynamic evolution of health, allowing spousal death to have causal effects on the health and mortality of the survivor. We estimate the model using a longitudinal survey that traces many health status aspects over time, and that is linked...

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Bouncing Back from Health Shocks : Locus of Control, Labor Supply, and Mortality

Schurer, Stefanie - 2014

Policy-makers worldwide are embarking on school programmes aimed at boosting students' resilience. One facet of resilience is a belief about cause and effect in life, locus of control. I test whether positive control beliefs work as a psychological buffer against health shocks in adulthood. To...

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