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Pre-and Post-Birth Components of Intergenerational Persistence in Health and Longevity

Lessons from a Large Sample of Adoptees

Evelina Björkegren, Mikael Lindahl, Mårten Palme and Emilia Simeonova
Published online before print December 06, 2019, 0318-9421R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.1.0318-9421R1
Evelina Björkegren
Evelina Björkegren is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. Mikael Lindahl is a professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Gothenburg University. Mårten Palme is a professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. Emilia Simeonova is an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University and a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Mikael Lindahl
Evelina Björkegren is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. Mikael Lindahl is a professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Gothenburg University. Mårten Palme is a professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. Emilia Simeonova is an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University and a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Mårten Palme
Evelina Björkegren is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. Mikael Lindahl is a professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Gothenburg University. Mårten Palme is a professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. Emilia Simeonova is an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University and a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Emilia Simeonova
Evelina Björkegren is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. Mikael Lindahl is a professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Gothenburg University. Mårten Palme is a professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University. Emilia Simeonova is an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University and a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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We use a large sample of Swedish-born adoptees and their biological and adopting parents to decompose the persistence in health inequality across generations into pre-birth and post-birth components. We use three sets of measures for health outcomes in the second generation: mortality, measures based on data on hospitalization and, finally, measures using birth outcomes for the third generation. The results show that all of the persistence in mortality is transmitted solely via pre-birth factors, while the results for the hospitalization measures suggest that at least three quarters of the intergenerational persistence in health is attributable to the biological parents.

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Pre-and Post-Birth Components of Intergenerational Persistence in Health and Longevity
Evelina Björkegren, Mikael Lindahl, Mårten Palme, Emilia Simeonova
Journal of Human Resources Dec 2019, 0318-9421R1; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.57.1.0318-9421R1

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Evelina Björkegren, Mikael Lindahl, Mårten Palme, Emilia Simeonova
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