Long-term Health and Human Capital Effects of Early-Life Economic Conditions
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| author | Hou, Ruijun Baker, Samuel von Hinke, Stephanie Sievertsen, Hans H. Sørensen, Emil Vitt, Nicolai |
| author_facet | Hou, Ruijun Baker, Samuel von Hinke, Stephanie Sievertsen, Hans H. Sørensen, Emil Vitt, Nicolai |
| contents | We study the long-term health and human capital impacts of local economic conditions experienced during the first 1,000 days of life. We combine historical data on monthly unemployment rates in urban England and Wales 1952-1967 with data from the UK Biobank on later-life outcomes. Leveraging variation in unemployment driven by national industry-specific shocks weighted by industry's importance in each area, we find no evidence that small, common fluctuations in local economic conditions during the early life period affect health or human capital in older age. |
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| spellingShingle | Long-term Health and Human Capital Effects of Early-Life Economic Conditions Hou, Ruijun Baker, Samuel von Hinke, Stephanie Sievertsen, Hans H. Sørensen, Emil Vitt, Nicolai General Economics Economics We study the long-term health and human capital impacts of local economic conditions experienced during the first 1,000 days of life. We combine historical data on monthly unemployment rates in urban England and Wales 1952-1967 with data from the UK Biobank on later-life outcomes. Leveraging variation in unemployment driven by national industry-specific shocks weighted by industry's importance in each area, we find no evidence that small, common fluctuations in local economic conditions during the early life period affect health or human capital in older age. |
| title | Long-term Health and Human Capital Effects of Early-Life Economic Conditions |
| topic | General Economics Economics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08159 |