Effects of prenatal and early life malnutrition: Evidence from the Greek famine
| Autor: | Sven Neelsen, Thomas Stratmann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Employment Male Adverse outcomes Rural Health Empirical Research jel:J24 jel:I29 famine health regression discontinuity Greece Pregnancy Humans Medicine Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Aged Greece business.industry Health Policy Rural health Age Factors Urban Health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant History 20th Century Middle Aged jel:I10 medicine.disease Infant Nutrition Disorders Early life jel:J13 Malnutrition jel:I12 Starvation Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects Regression discontinuity design Educational Status Famine Female Rural area business Follow-Up Studies Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health Economics. 30:479-488 |
| ISSN: | 0167-6296 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.03.001 |
| Popis: | This paper examines the long run education and labor market effects from early-life exposure to the Greek 1941-42 famine. Given the short duration of the famine, we can separately identify the famine effects for cohorts exposed in utero, during infancy and at one year of age. We find that adverse outcomes due to the famine are largest for infants. Further, in our regression analysis we exploit the fact that the famine was more severe in urban than in rural areas. Consistent with our prediction, we find that urban-born cohorts show larger negative impacts on educational outcomes than the rural-born cohorts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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