TY  - JOUR
A1  - Myrskylä, Mikko
T1  - The effects of shocks in early life mortality on later life expectancy and mortality compression: A cohort analysis
Y1  - 2010/03/05
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 289
EP  - 320
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.12
VL  - 22
IS  - 12
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol22/12/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol22/12/22-12.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol22/12/22-12.pdf
N2  - 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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