Mortality decline in The Netherlands in the period 1850–1992: A turning point analysis

Bosch, Judit Hermoso; Poppel, F.W.A. van; Tabeau, Ewa; Mackenbach, Johan P.

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“…In towns and cities, in particular, living standards were often poor, sanitary conditions were bad (Abram De Swaan, 1988), and infectious and parasitic diseases were the primary causes of death (see Robert I. Woods et al, 1988, andJudith Wolleswinkel-van den Bosch et al, 1998, on the strong negative health effects from early industrialization and urbanization in Britain and the Netherlands). After 1875, mortality rates dropped spectacularly.…”

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“…After 1875, mortality rates dropped spectacularly. This was the result of better availability of food, the dissemination of nutritional, hygienic, and medical knowledge among the population, and large improvements in public health provisions like sewage and water supply (Wolleswinkel-van den Bosch et al, 1998).…”

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“…The improvements in socioeconomic environment 7 and more widespread tuberculosis control are thought to have been the most important determinants (see Wolleswinkel-van den Bosch et al, 1998). In the last decades of the twentieth century, mortality rates were reduced further, to the particular advantage of older age groups.…”

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Economic Conditions Early in Life and Individual Mortality

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Lindeboom

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2006

American Economic Review

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We analyze the effect of economic conditions early in life on individual mortality rate later in life, using business cycle conditions early in life as an exogenous indicator. Individual records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death, covering a window of unprecedented size (1912-2000) are merged with historical data on macroeconomic and health indicators. We correct for secular changes over time and other mortality determinants. We nonparametrically compare those born in a recession to those born in the preceding boom, and we estimate duration models where the individual's mortality rate depends on current conditions, conditions early in life, age individual characteristics, including individual socio-economic indicators, and interaction terms. The results indicate a significant negative effect of economic conditions early in life on individual mortality rates at all ages.

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Economic Conditions Early in Life and Individual Mortality

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2006

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“…It turns out that for most social classes the average conditional lifetimes are shorter among those born in the recession than among those born in the boom. However, the difference is only significantly negative for 8 For overviews of developments in economic activity and demographic indicators in The Netherlands, see Petersen (1960), Mokyr (1974), Wolleswinkel-van den Bosch et al (1998), De Vries (2000, and, in particular, Wintle (2000). See also Smits, Horlings and Van Zanden (2000) for aggregate time series on birth and mortality in the 19th century.…”

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Inequality in individual mortality and economic conditions earlier in life

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Lindeboom

López

2009

Social Science & Medicine

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Inequality in Individual Mortality and Economic Conditions Earlier in LifeGerard J. van den Berg Maarten Lindeboom Marta López The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit company supported by Deutsche Post World Net. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its research networks, research support, and visitors and doctoral programs. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion.Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. ABSTRACT Inequality in Individual Mortality and Economic Conditions Earlier in Life *We analyze the effect of being born in a recession on the mortality rate later in life in conjunction with social class. We use individual data records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death certificates, covering the period 1815-2000, and we merge these with historical data on macro-economic outcomes and health indicators. We estimate duration models and inequality measures. The results indicate that being born in a recession increases the mortality rate later in life for most of the population. Lower social classes suffer disproportionally from being born in recessions. This exacerbates mortality inequality. This is not affected by social mobility: upward mobility does not vary much with the business cycle at birth. It turns out that the average long-run economic well-being of the family at birth, the transitory economic shocks at birth, and their interaction, are all relevant determinants of the mortality rate throughout the whole life.JEL Classification: I12, J14, E32, N33, N13, C41

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“…Many historical studies have concluded that there is a causal relationship between environmental conditions in urban areas, mostly access to a water-supply system or the presence of a sewage system, and the level of mortality, especially due to airborne and waterborne diseases (e.g., Budnik and Liczbińska 2006;Condran 1987;Condran and Crimmis-Gardner 1978;Kintner 1988;Knodel 1974;Landers 1992Landers , 1993Oris et al 2004;Preston and van de Walle 1978;van Poppel and van der Heijden 1997;Vögele 1998;Wolleswinkel-van den Bosch et al 1998, 2001. Watterson (1988) and Williams and Galley (1995) documented the effect of poor sanitary conditions on infant mortality rates (IMRs) for England and Wales during the second half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century.…”

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Ecological Conditions vs. Religious Denomination. Mortality Among Catholics and Lutherans in Nineteenth-Century Poznań

Liczbińska

2011

Hum Ecol

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Mortality decline in The Netherlands in the period 1850–1992: A turning point analysis

Cited by 32 publications

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Economic Conditions Early in Life and Individual Mortality

Economic Conditions Early in Life and Individual Mortality

Inequality in individual mortality and economic conditions earlier in life

Ecological Conditions vs. Religious Denomination. Mortality Among Catholics and Lutherans in Nineteenth-Century Poznań

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