全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Labor Market Effects of Intrauterine Exposure to Nutritional Deficiency: Evidence from Administrative Data on Muslim Immigrants in Denmark

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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w20723
来源ID	Working Paper 20723
	Labor Market Effects of Intrauterine Exposure to Nutritional Deficiency: Evidence from Administrative Data on Muslim Immigrants in Denmark
	Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen; Erdal Tekin; Jane Greve
发表日期	2014-12-08
出版年	2014
语种	英语
摘要	This paper examines whether nutritional disruptions experienced during the stage of fetal development impair an individual’s labor market productivity later in life. We consider intrauterine exposure to the month of Ramadan as a natural experiment that might cause shocks to the inflow of nutrients essential for fetal development. Specifically, we use administrative data from Denmark to investigate the impact of exposure to Ramadan in utero on labor market outcomes of adult Muslim males, including employment status, annual salary, hourly wage rate, and hours of work. Our findings indicate that potential exposure to nutritional disruptions during a critical stage of fetal development has scarring effects on the fetus expressed as poor labor market outcomes later in life. Specifically, exposure to Ramadan in the 7th month of gestation results in a lower likelihood of employment, a lower salary, and reduced labor supply, but not necessarily a lower wage rate. We also document suggestive evidence that these results may partially be driven by increased disability and to a lesser extent by poor educational attainment among those who were exposed to Ramadan during this particular period in utero.
主题	Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Labor Economics ; Demography and Aging ; Labor Supply and Demand ; Labor Compensation
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w20723
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/578398
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen,Erdal Tekin,Jane Greve. Labor Market Effects of Intrauterine Exposure to Nutritional Deficiency: Evidence from Administrative Data on Muslim Immigrants in Denmark. 2014.