| Title | The Impact of Childhood Health on Adult Labor Market Outcomes. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2009 |
| Authors | Smith, JP |
| Journal | Rev Econ Stat |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | 478-489 |
| Date Published | 2009 Sep 01 |
| ISSN Number | 0034-6535 |
| Abstract | This paper examines impacts of childhood health on SES outcomes observed during adulthood-levels and trajectories of education, family income, household wealth, individual earnings and labor supply. The analysis is conducted using data that collects these SES measures in a panel who were originally children and who are now well into their adult years. Since all siblings are in the panel, one can control for unmeasured family and neighborhood background effects. With the exception of education, poor childhood health has a quantitatively large effect on all these outcomes. Moreover, these estimated effects are larger when unobserved family effects are controlled. (JEL codes; I, J). |
| URL | http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/rest.91.3.478 |
| DOI | 10.1162/rest.91.3.478 |
| User Guide Notes | |
| Endnote Keywords | childhood health |
| Endnote ID | 25350 |
| Alternate Journal | Rev Econ Stat |
| Citation Key | 7419 |
| PubMed ID | 23585697 |
| PubMed Central ID | PMC3625038 |
| Grant List | P01 AG008291 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States P01 AG029409 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States R37 AG025529 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States |
