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The Effects of In Utero Exposure to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Family Formation

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A growing literature ties in utero conditions to life course outcomes, including education, earnings, and adult health and mortality. A smaller literature has begun to examine the intergenerational impacts of in utero conditions. A link between these two literatures—the impacts of in utero conditions on family formation—has had few examinations but offers a potential set of mechanisms for the intergenerational reach of early conditions. This paper draws from the 1960 US Decennial Census to examine whether exposed individuals had different family formation patterns than adjacent unexposed cohorts. The findings suggest small overall effects on marriage rates, number of children, and several measures of “type” of spouse for men, but moderate effects for women. The findings also show that exposed individuals have spouses with lower schooling than unexposed counterparts, this effect is particularly large for women, and it increases the likelihood of marrying spouses with very low levels of schooling.

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  • Fletcher, Jason, 2017. "The Effects of In Utero Exposure to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Family Formation," SocArXiv bp7sv, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:bp7sv
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/bp7sv
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