Immigration and The Short- and Long-Term Impact of Improved Prenatal Conditions

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lavy, Victor; Schlosser, Analia; Shany, Adi
• 署名单位: University of Warwick; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; National Bureau of Economic Research; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Tel Aviv University; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; IZA Institute Labor Economics
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueae015
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 2494-2529
• 关键词: ethiopian immigrants; School performance; entrance age; HEALTH; childhood; run; exposure; opportunity; outcomes; Israel

摘要

This paper investigates the effects of immigration from a developing country to a developed country during pregnancy on offspring outcomes. We focus on intermediate- and long-term outcomes, using quasi-experimental variation created by the immigration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel in May 1991. Individuals conceived before immigration experienced dramatic changes in their environmental conditions at different stages of prenatal development depending on their gestational age at migration. We find that females whose mothers immigrated at an earlier gestational age have better educational outcomes. They also tend to work more as adults. In contrast, we do not find any effect among males.