Title

Early-Life Health and Adult Circumstance in Developing Countries

Author(s)

Janet Currie Janet Currie (Princeton University)

Tom Vogl Tom Vogl (Princeton University)

Abstract

A growing literature documents the links between long-term outcomes and health in the fetal period, infancy, and early childhood. Much of this literature focuses on rich countries, but researchers are increasingly taking advantage of new sources of data and identification to study the long reach of childhood health in developing countries. Health in early life may be a more significant determinant of adult outcomes in these countries because health insults are more frequent, the capacity to remediate is more limited, and multiple shocks may interact. However, the underlying relationships may also be more difficult to measure, given significant mortality selection. We survey recent evidence on the adult correlates of early-life health and the longterm effects of shocks due to disease, famine, malnutrition, pollution, and war.

Creation Date

2012-08

Section URL ID

RPDS

Paper Number

currie_vogl_AR.pdf

URL

https://rpds.princeton.edu/sites/rpds/files/media/currie_vogl_ar.pdf

File Function

Jel

D190, D600, I000, I320,

Keyword(s)

health, children, war, disease, links

Suppress

false

Series

5