Sven Neelsen|Thomas Stratmann
Effects of prenatal and early life malnutrition: Evidence from the Greek famine
Ifo Institute for Economic Research|George Mason University
paper examines long run education labor market effects earlylife exposure greek 19411942 famine given short duration famine separately identify famine effects cohorts exposed utero infancy 1 year age find adverse outcomes due famine largest infants regression analysis exploit fact famine severe urban rural areas consistent prediction find urbanborn cohorts show larger negative impacts educational outcomes ruralborn cohorts