Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/78636 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2007:7
Publisher: 
Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU), Uppsala
Abstract: 
We analyze the effect of being born in a recession on the mortality rate later in life in conjunction with social class. We use individual data records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death certificates, covering the period 1815-2000, and we merge these with historical data on macro-economic outcomes and health indicators. We estimate duration models and inequality measures. The results indicate that being born in a recession increases the mortality rate later in life for most of the population. Lower social classes suffer disproportionally from being born in recessions. This exacerbates mortality inequality. This is not affected by social mobility: upward mobility does not vary much with the business cycle at birth, for each social class.
Subjects: 
Death
longevity
recession
life expectancy
lifetimes
social inequality
social class
health
JEL: 
C41
E32
I12
J14
N13
N33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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