Long-run effects of gestation during the Dutch Hunger Winter famine on labor market and hospitalization outcomes.
J Health Econ
; 39: 17-30, 2015 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25461896
ABSTRACT
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial demarcations are clear, it was severe, it was not anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after the famine. This is the first study to analyze effects of in utero exposure on labor market outcomes and hospitalization late in life, and the first to use register data covering the full Dutch population to examine long-run effects of this famine. We provide results of famine exposure by sub-interval of gestation. We find a significantly negative effect of exposure during the first trimester of gestation on employment outcomes 53 or more years after birth. Hospitalization rates in the years before retirement are higher after middle or late gestational exposure.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
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Starvation
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Employment
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Hospitalization
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
J Health Econ
Journal subject:
HOSPITAIS
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Netherlands