The effects of World War II on economic and health outcomes across Europe

Iris Kesternich; Bettina Siflinger; James P. Smith; Joachim K. Winter

doi:10.1162/REST_a_00353

The effects of World War II on economic and health outcomes across Europe

Iris Kesternich, Bettina Siflinger, James P. Smith, Joachim K. Winter

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We investigate long-run effects of World War II on socioeconomic status and health of older individuals in Europe. We analyze data from SHARELIFE, a retrospective survey conducted as part of SHARE in Europe in 2009. SHARELIFE provides detailed data on events in childhood during and after the war for over 20,000 individuals in thirteen European countries. We construct several measures of war exposure: experience of dispossession, persecution, combat in local areas, and hunger periods. Exposure to war and, more important, to individual-level shocks caused by the war significantly predicts economic and health outcomes at older ages.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103-118
Journal	Review of Economics and Statistics
Volume	96
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00353
Publication status	Published - Mar 2014
Externally published	Yes

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