Replication data for: Economic Conditions Early in Life and Individual Mortality
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Gerard J. van den Berg; Maarten Lindeboom; France Portrait
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Project Citation:
van den Berg, Gerard J., Lindeboom, Maarten, and Portrait, France. Replication data for: Economic Conditions Early in Life and Individual Mortality. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116088V1
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We analyze the effect of economic conditions early in life on individual mortality rate later in life, using business cycle conditions early in life as an exogenous indicator. Individual records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death, covering a window of unprecedented size (1912-2000) are merged with historical data on macroeconomic and health indicators. We correct for secular changes over time and other mortality determinants. We nonparametrically compare those born in a recession to those born in the preceding boom, and we estimate duration models where the individual's mortality rate depends on current conditions, conditions early in life, age individual characteristics, including individual socio-economic indicators, and interaction terms. The results indicate a significant negative effect of economic conditions early in life on individual mortality rates at all ages.
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I12 Health Behavior
I12 Health Behavior
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