Infant Health, Cognitive Performance, and Earnings: Evidence from Inception of the Welfare State in Sweden

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bhalotra, Sonia; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; Schwarz, Nina
• 署名单位: University of Warwick; University of Duisburg Essen; Lund University; Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN); University of Duisburg Essen
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01031
• 发表日期: 2022-11
• 页码: 1138-1156
• 关键词: early-childhood; developing-countries; gender-differences; childrens; LABOR; birth; interventions; attainment; INVESTMENT; education

摘要

We identify earnings impacts of exposure to an infant health intervention in Sweden, using individual-linked administrative data to trace potential mechanisms. Leveraging quasi-random variation in eligibility, we estimate that exposure was associated with higher test scores in primary school for boys and girls. However, only girls were more likely to score in the top quintile. Subsequent gains, in secondary schooling, employment, and earnings, are restricted to girls. We show that the differential gains for women accrued from both skills and opportunities.