Monographie (Autorenschaft)

Three Empirical Essays on the Long-Run Consequences of Early-Life Living Conditions

Sven Neelsen
ifo Institute, Munich, 2012

ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 44

This study was prepared by Sven Neelsen while he was working with the ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in December 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in May 2012. The study investigates long-run effects of early-life living conditions using micro-datasets from three countries. The employed empirical strategies aim to identify causal relationships between early-life living conditions and the outcomes of interest.

Schlagwörter: In utero, early childhood development, long-run effects, malnutrition, influenza, midwife, education, cognitive skill, human capital, labor market, Greece, Switzerland, Indonesia
JEL Klassifikation: H430, I000, I120, I150, I180, I210, J130, J240