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creators_name: Bijward, G
creators_name: Conti, G
creators_name: Ekamper, P
creators_name: Van Poppel, F
creators_name: Lumey, LH
title: Impact of Famine Exposure in Utero on Labor Market Behavior and Health Later in Life
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divisions: UCL
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abstract: In this paper, we study the long-term causal effects of the Dutch Famine on labor market and health
behavior later in life (55-70). To acknowledge the dynamic nature of labor market changes we focus on
the impact of the famine on the timing of becoming disabled or retired. To acknowledge the dynamic
nature of health behavior, medication use and health expenditures, we focus on the impact of the
famine on the changes over time of medication use and health expenditures, both categorized. In all
analyses we use a non-linear Difference-in-difference approach to identify the the causal impact of
famine exposure in utero on later life outcomes.
We account for selective fertility, by restricting our analysis to those conceived before the famine,
and for selective survival using either an inverse propensity weighting method or a Copula approach.
For the empirical analysis we used data of military recruits born around the Dutch famine (1944-
1947) linked to the Dutch mortality register (deaths trough 2014) and linked to individual administrative data on the monthly labor market status (1999-2013), on the annual income (2003-2013), on
annual prescribed medications (2006-2013), and, on annual insured health costs (2009-2013).
We find that famine exposure in the first trimester of gestation accelerates the timing of disability, decreases labor income and increases the expenditures for mental health. Exposure in the second
trimester decreases expenditure for medications. Exposure in the third trimester increases medication
use for mental diseases.
date: 2019-04-27
date_type: published
publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
official_url: https://www.nber.org/conferences/cohort-studies-meeting-spring-2019
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
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primo_central: open_green
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elements_id: 1836809
lyricists_name: Conti, Gabriella
lyricists_id: GCONT23
actors_name: Allington-Smith, Dominic
actors_id: DAALL44
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Proceedings of the Cohort Studies Meeting Spring 2019
place_of_pub: Cambridge, MA, USA
event_title: NBER Cohort Studies Meeting Spring 2019
event_location: Cambridge, MA, USA
event_dates: 26 April 2019 - 27 April 2019
institution: NBER Cohort Studies Meeting Spring 2019
book_title: Proceedings of the Cohort Studies Meeting Spring 2019
citation:        Bijward, G;    Conti, G;    Ekamper, P;    Van Poppel, F;    Lumey, LH;      (2019)    Impact of Famine Exposure in Utero on Labor Market Behavior and Health Later in Life.                     In:  Proceedings of the Cohort Studies Meeting Spring 2019.    National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER): Cambridge, MA, USA.       Green open access   
 
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