The role of early-life conditilns in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life


Berg, Gerard J. van den ; Deeg, Dorly ; Lindeboom, Maarten ; Portrait, France



URL: https://ideas.repec.org/p/iza/izadps/dp4780.html
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Document Type: Working paper
Year of publication: 2010
The title of a journal, publication series: IZA Discussion Paper Series
Volume: 4780
Place of publication: Bonn
Publication language: English
Institution: School of Law and Economics > Alexander v. Humboldt Professor in Econometrics and Empirical Economics (van den Berg 2009-2016)
Subject: 330 Economics
Abstract: Cognitive functioning of elderly individuals may be affected by events such as the loss of a (grand)child or partner or the onset of a serious chronic condition, and by negative economic shocks such as job loss or the reduction of pension benefits. It is conceivable that the impact of such events is stronger if conditions early in life were adverse. In this paper we address this using a Dutch longitudinal database that follows elderly individuals for more than 15 years and contains information on demographics, socio-economic conditions, life events, health, and cognitive functioning. We exploit exogenous variation in early-life conditions as generated by the business cycle. We also examine to what extent the cumulative effect of consecutive shocks later in life exceeds the sum of the separate effects, and whether economic and health shocks later in life reinforce each other in their effect on cognitive functioning.




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