THE LONG REACH OF CHILDHOOD HEALTH AND CIRCUMSTANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE WHITEHALL II STUDY

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Case, Anne; Paxson, Christina
• 署名单位: Princeton University
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02447.x
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: F183-F204
• 关键词: developmental origins; socioeconomic-status; cognitive function; childrens health; labor-market; Life-course; outcomes; height; hypothesis; ability

摘要

We use data from the Whitehall II Study to examine the joint evolution of health status and economic status over the life course. We study the links between health and socioeconomic status in childhood and health and employment status at older ages. We find early life socioeconomic status is significantly associated with health over the life course, even though selection into Whitehall mutes the effects of childhood. In addition, we find that current position in the Civil Service is not associated with future self-assessed health, but current self-assessed health is significantly associated with promotion in the Civil Service.