Early-Life Disease Exposure and Occupational Status: The Impact of Yellow Fever during the 19th Century

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  • Martin Saavedra
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Using city-of-birth data from the 100-percent sample of the 1880 Census merged to city-level fatality counts, I estimate the relationship between early-life yellow fever exposure and adult occupational status. I find that white males with immigrant mothers were less likely to become professional or skilled laborers and more likely to become unskilled laborers or report occupational nonresponse if they were born during yellow fever epidemics. They also reported occupations with lower 1900 occupational income scores and lower scores on the Duncan Socioeconomic Index. The children of US-born mothers (who were less susceptible to the disease) were relatively unaffected. Furthermore, I find no evidence that epidemics 3 to 4 years after birth affect adult occupational status and the results are robust to controlling for local trade during an individual’s birth year. JEL codes: N31, I130, I140

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تاریخ انتشار 2014