TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude
        TI  - War during Childhood: The Long Run Effects of Warfare on Health
        PY  - 2017/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10807
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10807
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - warfare
KW  - body size
KW  - health conditions
KW  - children
        ER  -