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dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, Abhijit
dc.contributor.authorDuflo, Esther
dc.contributor.authorPostel-Vinay, Gilles
dc.contributor.authorWatts, Tim
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-22T15:46:27Z
dc.date.available2011-09-22T15:46:27Z
dc.date.issued2010-11
dc.date.submitted2008-10
dc.identifier.issn0034-6535
dc.identifier.issn1530-9142
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65939
dc.description.abstractBetween 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.en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPresident and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/REST_a_00024en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceMIT Pressen_US
dc.titleLONG-RUN HEALTH IMPACTS OF INCOME SHOCKS: WINE AND PHYLLOXERA IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRANCEen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationBanerjee, 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.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economicsen_US
dc.contributor.approverDuflo, Esther
dc.contributor.mitauthorDuflo, Esther
dc.contributor.mitauthorBanerjee, Abhijit
dc.relation.journalReview of Economics and Statisticsen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsBanerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther; Postel-Vinay, Gilles; Watts, Timen
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6105-617X
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9923-6088
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICYen_US
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