title: The role of marriage in the causal pathway from economic conditions early in life to mortality.
abstract: This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality. We use individual data from Dutch registers (years 1815-2000), combined with business cycle conditions in childhood as indicators of early-life conditions. The empirical analysis estimates bivariate duration models of marriage and mortality, allowing for unobserved heterogeneity. Results show that conditions around birth and school going ages are important for marriage and mortality. Men typically enjoy a protective effect of marriage, whereas women suffer during childbearing ages. However, having been born under favorable economic conditions reduces female mortality during childbearing ages.
authors: University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany; Institute for Labor Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU), Uppsala, Sweden; VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany.
authors: Gerard J
authors: GJ
authors: van den Berg
authors: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, United States. Electronic address: sugupta@iupui.edu.
authors: Sumedha
authors: S
authors: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015984:Causality; D057172:Economic Recession / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004467:Economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D059066:Gross Domestic Product / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009026:Mortality / Q000266:history; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Death; Life expectancy; Lifetimes; Marital status; Recession