| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP6161 |
| DP6161 Robust Portfolio Optimisation with Multiple Experts | |
| Peter C Schotman; Frank Lutgens | |
| 发表日期 | 2007-03-02 |
| 出版年 | 2007 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | This paper provides estimates of the long-term effects on height and health of a large income shock experienced in early childhood. Phylloxera, an insect that attacks the roots of grape vines, destroyed 40% of French vineyards between 1863 and 1890, causing major income losses among wine growing families. Because the insects spread slowly from the southern coast of France to the rest of the country, Phylloxera affected different regions in different years. We exploit the regional variation in the timing of this shock to identify its effects. We examine the effects on the adult height, health, and life expectancy of children born in the years and regions affected by the Phylloxera. The shock decreased long run height, but it did not affect other dimensions of health, including life expectancy. We find that, at age 20, those born in affected regions were about 1.8 millimetres shorter than others. This estimate implies that children of wine-growing families born when the vines were affected in their regions were 0.6 to 0.9 centimetres shorter than others by age 20. This is a significant effect since average heights grew by only 2 centimetres in the entire 19th century. However, we find no other effect on health, including infant mortality, life expectancy, and morbidity by age 20. |
| 主题 | Development Economics |
| 关键词 | Military data Height Fetal origin |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp6161 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/534999 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Peter C Schotman,Frank Lutgens. DP6161 Robust Portfolio Optimisation with Multiple Experts. 2007. |
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