Childhood health and future outcomes: Evidence from panel surveys for the Japanese population

Michio Yuda

Japan and the World Economy, 2020, vol. 54, issue C

Abstract: Numerous studies in developed and developing countries around the world have found that childhood health is associated with future health and socioeconomic status. This paper uses nationally representative panel surveys to examine the impact of poor childhood health on the future socioeconomic outcomes of the Japanese population. I find that poor childhood health adversely affects various future health conditions for the middle and long run, and that the effects on subjective and physical health are amplified with age. In addition, poor childhood health negatively affects promotion opportunities in the mid-term and labor participation over the long-term. Moreover, I find that low parental income directly and negatively affects subjective and psychological health. The empirical results imply that public policy for continuous good health in childhood improves future socioeconomic outcomes.

Keywords: Life course model; Childhood health; Socioeconomic status; Panel data; Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0922142520300153
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:japwor:v:54:y:2020:i:c:s0922142520300153

DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2020.101014

Access Statistics for this article

Japan and the World Economy is currently edited by Robert Dekle and Yasushi Hamao

More articles in Japan and the World Economy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().