Born at the right time? Childhood health and the business cycle

被引:13
作者
Angelini, Viola [1 ]
Mierau, Jochen O. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Groningen, Duisenberg Bldg R 854,Nettelbosje 2, NL-9747 AE Groningen, Netherlands
关键词
Childhood health; Business cycle; Retrospective data; Western Europe; SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS; INFANT-MORTALITY; RECESSIONS GOOD; EARLY-LIFE; IMPACT; INCOME; SHOCKS; CONSEQUENCES; ORIGINS; BAD;
D O I
10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.014
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
We analyze the relationship between the state of the business cycle at birth and childhood health. We use a retrospective survey on self-reported childhood health for ten Western European countries and combine it with historically and internationally comparable data on the Gross Domestic Product. We validate the self-reported data by comparing them to realized illness spells. We find a positive relationship between being born in a recession and childhood health. This relationship is not driven by selection effects due to heightened infant mortality during recessions. Placebo regressions indicate that the observed effect is not spurious. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:35 / 43
页数:9
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