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Beyond Barker : Infant Mortality at Birth and Ischaemic Heart Disease in Older Age
Baker, Samuel; Biroli, Pietro; Van Kippersluis, Hans; … - 2022
first papers on this topic, Barker and Osmond (1986) show a strong positive relationship between infant mortality rates in … average effects conceal underlying heterogeneity: we examine if the infant mortality effect offsets or reinforces one … genetic risk for developing heart disease. Put differently, in areas with the lowest infant mortality rates, the effect of one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083691
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How season of birth affects health and aging
Abeliansky, Ana Lucia; Strulik, Holger - 2018
We investigate how the season of birth affects human health and aging. For this purpose, we use five waves of the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) dataset and construct a health deficit index for 21 European countries. Results from log-linear regressions suggest that, on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011878998
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Beyond Barker : infant mortality at birth and ischaemic heart disease in older age
Baker, Samuel; Biroli, Pietro; Van Kippersluis, Hans; … - 2022
first papers on this topic, Barker and Osmond (1986) show a strong positive relationship between infant mortality rates in … average effects conceal underlying heterogeneity: we examine if the infant mortality effect offsets or reinforces one … genetic risk for developing heart disease. Put differently, in areas with the lowest infant mortality rates, the effect of one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198846
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Birth, marriage and death : three essays in demographic economics
Rao, Vijayendra - 1990
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000863212
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Fertility and development : evidence from Brazil
Potter, Joseph E.; Schertmann, Carl P.; Cavenaghi, Suzana M. - In: Demography : a publication of the Population … 39 (2002) 4, pp. 739-761
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001763844
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The effect of longevity on schooling and fertility : evidence from the Brazilian demographic and health survey
Soares, Rodrigo Reis - In: Journal of population economics 19 (2006) 1, pp. 71-97
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003296531
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Demographic change and the structure of wages : a demand-theoretic analysis for Brazil
Amaral, Ernesto F. L.; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Potter, … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003580526
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Demographic Change and the Structure of Wages : A Demand-Theoretic Analysis for Brazil
Amaral, Ernesto F. L. - 2007
With rapidly declining fertility and increased longevity the age structure of the labor force in developing countries has changed rapidly. Changing relative supply of workers by age group, and by educational attainment, can have profound effects on labor costs. Their impacts on earnings have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465113
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Demographic Change and the Structure of Wages : A Demand-Theoretic Analysis for Brazil
Amaral, Ernesto - 2010
With rapidly declining fertility and increased longevity the age structure of the labor force in developing countries has changed rapidly. Changing relative supply of workers by age group, and by educational attainment, can have profound effects on labor costs. Their impacts on earnings have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759763
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The effect of birth timing manipulation around carnival on birth indicators in Brazil
Melo, Carolina; Menezes-Filho, Naercio Aquino - In: Health economics 33 (2024) 9, pp. 2013-2058
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015095082