The Role of Early-Life Conditions in the Cognitive Decline due to Adverse Events Later in Life*

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: van den Berg, Gerard J.; Deeg, Dorly J. H.; Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France
• 署名单位: University of Mannheim; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02396.x
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: F411-F428
• 关键词: dutch hunger winter; southern sweden; MENTAL-HEALTH; mortality; disease

摘要

Serious life events, such as the loss of a relative or the onset of a chronic condition may influence cognitive functioning. We examine whether the cognitive impact of such events is stronger if conditions very early in life were adverse, using Dutch longitudinal data of older persons. We exploit exogenous variation in early-life conditions as generated by the business cycle.