The effects of shocks in early life mortality on later life expectancy and mortality compression: A cohort analysis
I study how shocks in cohort-level early life conditions, as represented by deviations from trend in mortality before age 5, affect later mortality. I use data for six European countries and find that shocks that increase infant mortality decrease later life expectancy between ages 5-30. The effect...
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| description | I study how shocks in cohort-level early life conditions, as represented by deviations from trend in mortality before age 5, affect later mortality. I use data for six European countries and find that shocks that increase infant mortality decrease later life expectancy between ages 5-30. The effect is strong for England and Wales but small or insignificant for other countries. Shocks that increase mortality at ages 1-5 increase life expectancy between ages 5-30 and compress the mortality distribution. For both shocks the effects are weak at older ages. These results suggest that early life conditions have a transitory effect and potentially only little influence on old-age mortality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c1c98aa15d384dbf85d053678a76cb1b2022-12-22T01:37:23ZengMax Planck Institute for Demographic ResearchDemographic Research1435-98712010-03-012212The effects of shocks in early life mortality on later life expectancy and mortality compression: A cohort analysisMikko MyrskyläI study how shocks in cohort-level early life conditions, as represented by deviations from trend in mortality before age 5, affect later mortality. I use data for six European countries and find that shocks that increase infant mortality decrease later life expectancy between ages 5-30. The effect is strong for England and Wales but small or insignificant for other countries. Shocks that increase mortality at ages 1-5 increase life expectancy between ages 5-30 and compress the mortality distribution. For both shocks the effects are weak at older ages. These results suggest that early life conditions have a transitory effect and potentially only little influence on old-age mortality.http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol22/12/cohort effectsearly life conditionsmortality |
| spellingShingle | Mikko Myrskylä The effects of shocks in early life mortality on later life expectancy and mortality compression: A cohort analysis Demographic Research cohort effects early life conditions mortality |
| title | The effects of shocks in early life mortality on later life expectancy and mortality compression: A cohort analysis |
| title_full | The effects of shocks in early life mortality on later life expectancy and mortality compression: A cohort analysis |
| title_fullStr | The effects of shocks in early life mortality on later life expectancy and mortality compression: A cohort analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of shocks in early life mortality on later life expectancy and mortality compression: A cohort analysis |
| title_short | The effects of shocks in early life mortality on later life expectancy and mortality compression: A cohort analysis |
| title_sort | effects of shocks in early life mortality on later life expectancy and mortality compression a cohort analysis |
| topic | cohort effects early life conditions mortality |
| url | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol22/12/ |
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