Infant Mortality and the Health of Survivors: Britain 1910-1950

Timothy Hatton

No 7841, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: The first half of the twentieth century saw rapid improvements in the health and height of British children. Average height and health can be related to infant mortality through a positive selection effect and a negative scarring effect. Examining town-level panel data on the heights of school children I find no evidence for the selection effect but some support for the scarring effect. The results suggest that the improvement in the disease environment, as reflected by the decline in infant mortality, increased average height by about half a centimeter per decade in the first half of the twentieth century.

Keywords: Health in britain; Heights of children; Infant mortality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 J13 N34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-05
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