ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2460-619X
(2013):
Individual Behavior as a Pathway between Early-Life Shocks and Adult Health: Evidence from Hunger Episodes in Post-War Germany.
IZA Discussion Papers / Forschungsinstitut für Zukunft und Arbeit, Bonn,
Abstract
We investigate long-run effects of episodes of hunger experienced as a child on health status and behavioral outcomes in later life. We combine self-reported data on hunger experiences from SHARELIFE, a retrospective survey conducted as part of SHARE in Europe in 2009, with administrative data on food supply (caloric rations) in post-war Germany. The data suggest that individual behavior is a pathway between early life shocks and adult health: We find that those who experienced hunger spend a larger fraction of income on food. Taken together, our results confirm that in addition to the well-documented biological channel from early life circumstances to adult health, there is also a behavioral pathway.
Item Type: | Paper |
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Faculties: | Economics Economics > Chairs > Seminar for Comparative Economics Economics > Chairs > Chair of Empirical Economics |
Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 19470 |
Date Deposited: | 15. Apr 2014, 08:51 |
Last Modified: | 29. Apr 2016, 09:16 |