Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/175062 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1125
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of health in the very long run. Using a unique purpose-built administrative dataset on individuals born in Sweden between 1930-34 and their parents, we study the intergenerational transmission (IGT) of health and the impact of previous generations' health shocks on socioeconomic outcomes. Our results provide strong evidence in favour of IGT of health, in particular for males. In contrast to the existing literature that focuses on early life health outcomes, our paper shows that the effect on later-life mortality might be even more relevant. However, the story appears to be complex and multi-faceted: the IGT exhibits an inverted socioeconomic gradient, and the impact on socioeconomic outcomes is often very different from the effect on health.
Subjects: 
Early environment
intergenerational transmission
Barker hypothesis
maternal health
infant health
socioeconomic status
JEL: 
I12
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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