Long-term Health and Human Capital Effects of Early-Life Economic Conditions

Ruijun Hou, Samuel Baker, Stephanie von Hinke, Hans H. Sievertsen, Emil S{\o}rensen and Nicolai Vitt
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Ruijun Hou: Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Leicester
Samuel Baker: School of Economics, University of Bristol
Stephanie von Hinke: School of Economics, University of Bristol
Hans H. Sievertsen: The Danish Center for Social Science Research, VIVE
Emil S{\o}rensen: School of Economics, University of Bristol
Nicolai Vitt: School of Economics, University of Bristol

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Abstract: We study the long-term health and human capital impacts of local economic conditions experienced during the first 1,000 days of life. We combine historical data on monthly unemployment rates in urban England and Wales 1952-1967 with data from the UK Biobank on later-life outcomes. Leveraging variation in unemployment driven by national industry-specific shocks weighted by industry's importance in each area, we find no evidence that small, common fluctuations in local economic conditions during the early life period affect health or human capital in older age.

Date: 2025-07
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