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The Long Shadow of the Past: Early-Life Disease Environment and Later-Life Mortality
A recently growing literature evaluates the influence of early-life conditions on life-cycle health and mortality. This paper extends this literature by estimating the associations between birth-state infant mortality rates experienced during early-life (as a proxy for general disease environment, health-care access, and nutrition) and life-cycle mortality rates. Using the universe of death records in the US over the years 1979-2020 and implementing two-way fixed effect models, we find that a 10 percent rise in birth-state infant mortality rate is associated with about 0.23 percent higher age-specific mortality rate. These correlations are more concentrated in ages past 50, suggesting delayed effects of early-life exposures. Moreover, we find substantially larger correlations among nonwhites, suggesting that the observed racial disparities in mortality can partly be explained by disparities in early-life conditions. Further, we provide empirical evidence to argue that reductions in education, income, and socioeconomic scores are likely mechanism channels.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16503
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
- Thema
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mortality
infant mortality
early-life exposures
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Noghanibehambari, Hamid
Fletcher, Jason M.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
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2023
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Noghanibehambari, Hamid
- Fletcher, Jason M.
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2023
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