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Title: The Long-term Impact of Preventative Public Health Programs

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2021

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ISSN: 0013-0133

DOI: 10.1093/EJ/UEAA071

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Abstract: This paper estimates the long-term impact of childhood exposure to a preventative public health programme on adult human capital. From 1908 to 1933, local governments in the United States instituted county-level health departments (CHDs) that provided preventative health services geared towards children. This paper estimates the long-term benefits of childhood exposure to this public programme using variation in CHD location, timing and age of exposure. CHD operation before the age of 5 increases men's later-life earnings by 2% to 5%. Exposed boys not only perform better than later- and never-treated groups, but, after adding household fixed effects, exposed men earn more than their brothers.

Url: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaa071

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Authors: Hoehn-Velasco, Lauren

Periodical (Full): The Economic Journal

Issue: 634

Volume: 131

Pages: 797-826

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data

Topics: Population Health and Health Systems

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