Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/200384 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2019-05
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
We identify earnings impacts of exposure to an infant health intervention in Sweden, using individual linked administrative data to trace potential mechanisms. Leveraging quasi-random variation in eligibility, we estimate that exposure was associated with higher test scores in primary school for boys and girls, with a different distribution of gains, only girls being more likely to score in the top quintile. Subsequent gains, in secondary schooling, employment, and earnings, are restricted to girls. We argue that the differential gains for women accrued from both skills and opportunities, expansion of the welfare state having created unprecedented employment opportunities for women.
Subjects: 
Infant health
early life interventions
cognitive skills
education
earnings
occupational choice
programme evaluation
Sweden
JEL: 
I15
I18
H41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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