The effects of shocks in early life mortality on later life expectancy and mortality compression: A cohort analysis
I study how shocks in cohort-level early life conditions, as represented by deviations from trend in mortality before age 5, affect later mortality. I use data for six European countries and find that shocks that increase infant mortality decrease later life expectancy between ages 5-30. The effect...
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| Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol22/12/ |