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From: Professor David Gordon [[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: Conference - Persistence in Health: The influence of early life conditions and intergenerational transmission
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Persistence in Health: The influence of early life conditions and
intergenerational transmission
Friday 16 October 2009
The Boardroom, 2 Priory Road, Bristol, BS8 1TX
Admission is free and lunch will be provided for all participants.
Conference Organiser: Sonia Bhalotra
Conference speakers
* Douglas Almond (Columbia University, NY) - Health capital and the
prenatal environment: the effect of maternal fasting during pregnancy
(Joint with Bhaskar Mazumder (Chicago))
* Sonia Bhalotra (CMPO, University of Bristol) - Gradients of the
intergenerational transmission of health (Joint with Sam Rawlings)
* Elaine Kelly (UCL) - The scourge of Asian flu: The physical and
cognitive development of a cohort of British children in utero during the
Asian influenza pandemic of 1957, from birth until age 11
* Mikael Lindahl (Uppsala university) and Erik Plug (Amsterdam
university) - The Causal Effect of Parent's Schooling on Children's
Schooling: A Comparison of Estimation Methods (Joint with Helena Holmlund)
* Peter Nilsson (Uppsala, IFAU) - Does a pint a day affect your child's
pay? The effect of prenatal alcohol exposure on adult outcomes
* Gerard van den Berg (University of Amsterdam/Mannheim) - Being born
under adverse economic conditions leads to a higher cardiovascular
mortality rate later in life - Evidence based on individuals born at
different stages of the business cycle.
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Dave Gordon
Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research
University of Bristol
8 Priory Road
Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK
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