Early-life economic conditions and old-age male mortality: evidence from historical county-level bank deposit data

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作者：
Hamid Noghanibehambari
Jason Fletcher
Lauren Schmitz
Valentina Duque
Vikas Gawai
机构：
[1] Austin Peay State University,College of Business
[2] University of Wisconsin-Madison,La Follette School of Public Affairs
[3] University of Sydney,Department of Economics
[4] University of Wisconsin-Madison,Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
来源：
Journal of Population Economics | 2024年 / 37卷
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Mortality; Longevity; Great Depression; Historical data; H75; I12; I18; J18;
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This paper studies the long-run mortality effects of in utero and early-life economic conditions. We examine how local economic conditions experienced during the Great Depression, proxied by county-level banking deposits during in utero and first years of life, influences old-age longevity. We find that a one-standard-deviation rise in per capita bank deposits is associated with an approximately 1.7 month increase in males’ longevity at old age. Additional analyses comparing state-level versus county-level economic measures provide insight on the importance of controlling for local-level confounders and exploiting more granular measures when exploring the relationship between early-life conditions and later-life mortality.
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