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Early life exposure to measles and later-life outcomes: Evidence from the introduction of a vaccine
Gerard J. van den Berg, Stephanie von Hinke, Nicolai Vitt
Until the mid 1960s, the UK experienced regular measles epidemics, with the vast majority of children being infected in early childhood. The introduction of a measles vaccine subst…
Prenatal Sugar Consumption and Late-Life Human Capital and Health: Analyses Based on Postwar Rationing and Polygenic Scores
Gerard J. van den Berg, Stephanie von Hinke, R. Adele H. Wang
Maternal sugar consumption in utero may have a variety of effects on offspring. We exploit the abolishment of the rationing of sweet confectionery in the UK on April 24, 1949, and…
Beyond Barker: Infant Mortality at Birth and Ischaemic Heart Disease in Older Age
Samuel Baker, Pietro Biroli, Hans van Kippersluis +1
Adverse conditions in early life can have consequential impacts on individuals' health in older age. In one of the first papers on this topic, Barker and Osmond 1986 show a strong…
Gene-Environment Interplay in the Social Sciences
Rita Dias Pereira, Pietro Biroli, Titus Galama +4
Nature (one's genes) and nurture (one's environment) jointly contribute to the formation and evolution of health and human capital over the life cycle. This complex interplay betwe…
The Long-Term Effects of Early-Life Pollution Exposure: Evidence from the London Smog
Stephanie von Hinke, Emil N. Sørensen
This paper uses a large UK cohort to investigate the impact of early-life pollution exposure on individuals' human capital and health outcomes in older age. We compare individuals…
Nature-nurture interplay in educational attainment
Dilnoza Muslimova, Hans van Kippersluis, Cornelius A. Rietveld +2
This paper shows how nature (i.e., one's genetic endowments) and nurture (i.e., one's environment) interact in producing educational attainment. Genetic endowments are measured usi…