arXiv Open Access 2025

Long-term Health and Human Capital Effects of Early-Life Economic Conditions

Ruijun Hou Samuel Baker Stephanie von Hinke Hans H. Sievertsen Emil Sørensen +1 lainnya

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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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econ.GN

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Ruijun Hou

Samuel Baker

Stephanie von Hinke

Hans H. Sievertsen

Emil Sørensen

Nicolai Vitt

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Hou, R., Baker, S., Hinke, S.v., Sievertsen, H.H., Sørensen, E., Vitt, N. (2025). Long-term Health and Human Capital Effects of Early-Life Economic Conditions. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08159

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Tahun Terbit: 2025
Bahasa: en
Sumber Database: arXiv
Akses: Open Access ✓