%0 Report
        %A Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude
        %T War during Childhood: The Long Run Effects of Warfare on Health
        %D 2017
        %8 2017 May
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 10807
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10807
        %X This paper estimates the causal long-term consequences of an exposure to war in utero and during childhood on the risk of obesity and the probability of having a chronic health condition in adulthood. Using the plausibly exogenous city-by-cohort variation in the intensity of WWII destruction as a unique quasi-experiment, I find that individuals who were exposed to WWII destruction during the prenatal and early postnatal periods have higher BMIs and are more likely to be obese as adults. 
I also find an elevated incidence of chronic health conditions such as stroke, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disorder in adulthood among these wartime children.
        %K warfare
%K body size
%K health conditions
%K children