Birth weight and vulnerability to a macroeconomic crisis

This paper shows that early-life health is an important determinant of labor market vulnerability during macroeconomic downturns. Using data on twins during Sweden's crisis of the early 1990s, we show that individuals with higher birth weight are differentially less likely to receive unemployme...

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Volume:	66
Main Author:	Bharadwaj, Prashant Bietenbeck, Jan Lundborg, Petter Rooth, Dan-Olof
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 01.07.2019 ELSEVIER
published in:	Journal of health economics Vol. 66; pp. 136 - 144
ORCID:	0000-0002-3033-1156 0000-0001-8887-5677
Data of publication:	July 2019
ISSN:	0167-6296 1879-1646
EISSN:	1879-1646
Discipline:	Public Health Economics
Subjects:	Economics Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Health Care Sciences & Services Business & Economics Health Policy & Services Science & Technology Labor market Unemployment insurance Health administration Samhällsvetenskap Economics and Business Nationalekonomi Ekonomi och näringsliv HEALTH
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