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THE IMPACT OF MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN CHILDHOOD ON ADULT LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES.

This study examines the influence of business cycles in childhood on economic performance later in life. I relate unemployment rates between the year before one's birth and the year of one's 15th birthday to schooling, employment, and income as an adult. The analysis exploits variation in macroecono...

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Published in:Economic Inquiry Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 1425 - 1445
Main Author: Rao, Neel
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2016
Subjects:
Business cycles
Labor market
Child development
Macroeconomics
Economics
Unemployment & economics
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