LONG-RUN HEALTH IMPACTS OF INCOME SHOCKS: WINE AND PHYLLOXERA IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE
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Banerjee, Abhijit
Duflo, Esther
Postel-Vinay, Gilles
Watts, Tim
Date Issued
November 2010
Journal
Review of Economics and Statistics
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President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Banerjee, Abhijit et al. “Long-Run Health Impacts of Income Shocks: Wine and Phylloxera in Nineteenth-Century France.” Review of Economics and Statistics 92 (2010): 714-728.© 2010 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Abstract
Between 1863 and 1890, phylloxera destroyed 40% of French vineyards. Using the regional variation in the timing of this shock, we identify and examine the effects on 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 those born in affected regions were about 1.8 millimeters shorter than others at age 20, a significant effect since average heights grew by only 2 centimeters in the entire nineteenth century.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
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https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00024
