From Angela's ashes to the Celtic tiger: early life conditions and adult health in Ireland.
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SUBMITTER: Delaney L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3053035 | biostudies-other | 2011 Jan
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From Angela's ashes to the Celtic tiger: early life conditions and adult health in Ireland.
Delaney Liam L McGovern Mark M Smith James P JP
Journal of health economics 20101103 1
We use data from the Irish census and exploit regional and temporal variation in infant mortality rates over the 20th century to examine effects of early life conditions on later life health. The urban mortality penalty collapsed in Ireland in the years right after World War II. Our main identification is public health interventions centered on improved sanitation and food safety, which we believed played a leading role in eliminating the Irish urban infant mortality penalty. Our estimates sugge ...[more]
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