Myrskylä, Mikko (2010) The effects of shocks in early life mortality on later life expectancy and mortality compression: a cohort analysis. Demographic Research, 22 . pp. 289-320. ISSN 1435-9871
Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.demographic-research.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > ALPHA (Ageing, Lifecourse and Population Health Analysis) Departments > Social Policy |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2013 16:58 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/53838/ |
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