France Portrait

Biographic Data

ID1213712
NAMEFrance Portrait
GIVEN NAMESFrance
FAMILY NAMEPortrait
SIGNATUREPORTRAIT F
AFFILIATIONSVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
ORCID0000-0002-4146-9206
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS17
TOTAL CITATIONS37
AUTHOR COUNT17
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX3

  • Passing on the hot potato. Dutch municipalities under financial pressure have incentives to shift the costs of social care for older people to the central government

    Open AccessFrance Portrait, Yvonne Krabbe-Alkemade et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy2023

    In view of the impending ageing of the population, countries have been searching for ways to restructure their social care system. Reforms often involve a decentralisation of authority from central to local government. Although such a decentralisation presents the opportunity to be receptive to social demand, it could provide the incentive for local governments that bear the burden of the costs to (partly) transfer their costs back to the central…

  • Is paternal height related to fertility outcomes? Evidence from the Netherlands during the secular growth trend

    Open AccessKristina Thompson, France Portrait et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2022

    Over the past two centuries, the Dutch experienced a tremendous secular trend in height, and ultimately became the tallest nation in the world. Improving environmental conditions likely played the largest role in explaining these developments. But it is not yet precisely clear what factor set the Dutch head and shoulders above other nations, who were also experiencing improving environmental conditions. Could fertility also have played a role? To…

  • Early-life conditions, height and mortality of nineteenth-century Dutch vagrant women

    Open AccessKristina Thompson, Vincent Tassenaar et al.ARTICLEThe History of the Family2022Cited by: 1References: 12

    Adult height is a remarkably accurate summary of early-life environmental conditions. Because of that, height may be negatively associated with mortality. These relationships–between early-life conditions and height, and between height and mortality–have been well-studied in modern samples of both genders, and in historical samples of men. However, these relationships are understudied historical samples of women. Therefore, this study aimed to be…

  • Height, occupation, and intergenerational mobility

    Open AccessKristina Thompson, France PortraitARTICLEThe History of the Family2022Cited by: 2References: 3

    Height and labor market outcomes appear to be related to one another. The taller people are, the more likely they are to have better jobs and to earn more money. This is especially the case for men. However, whether height is causally related to labor market outcomes is an open question, which instrumental variable (IV) analysis may help to answer. To our knowledge, no study has yet used IV analysis to test these relationships in a historical con…

  • Height and marital outcomes in the Netherlands, birth years 1841-1900

    Open AccessKristina Thompson, Xander Koolman et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2021

    Adult body height appears to be significantly associated with marital outcomes: taller men across contexts have been found to be more likely to be married, and more likely to be married at younger ages. We are interested in exploring both outcomes individually and simultaneously, while using an unique, individual-level dataset of Dutch men and their brothers born between 1841 and 1900. To do so, we exploit survival models and cure models. While s…

  • Adult body height as a mediator between early-life conditions and socio-economic status

    Open AccessKristina Thompson, Maarten Lindeboom et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2019

  • Early life undernutrition and adult height

    Open AccessFrance Portrait, F R M Portrait et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2017

  • Attributing a monetary value to patients' time

    Open AccessBibi Van Den Berg, Bernard Van Den Berg et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2017Cited by: 1References: 21

  • The impact of early-life economic conditionson cause-specific mortality during adulthood

    Open AccessGary Y C Yeung, Gerard J Van Den Berg et al.ARTICLEJournal of Population Economics2013References: 3

  • Early life undernutrition and chronic diseases at older ages

    Open AccessFrance Portrait, Erica Teeuwiszen et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2011Cited by: 3References: 52

  • Long-run effects on longevity of a nutritional shock early in life

    Open AccessMaarten Lindeboom, France Portrait et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Economics2010

  • The Role of Early‐Life Conditions in the Cognitive Decline due to Adverse Events Later in Life

    Open AccessGerard J Van Den Berg, Dorly J H Deeg et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal2010Cited by: 16References: 31

    Serious life events, such as the loss of a relative or the onset of a chronic condition may influence cognitive functioning. We examine whether the cognitive impact of such events is stronger if conditions very early in life were adverse, using Dutch longitudinal data of older persons. We exploit exogenous variation in early-life conditions as generated by the business cycle. Copyright © 2010 TheAuthor(s). The Economic Journal © 2010 Royal Econom…

  • Do early life and contemporaneous macroconditions explain health at older ages

    Open AccessFrance Portrait, Rob Alessie et al.ARTICLEJournal of Population Economics2008Cited by: 5References: 1

    This paper presents an approach that assesses the role of early life and contemporaneous macroconditions in explaining health at older ages. In particular, we investigate the role of exposure to diseases and economic conditions during infancy and childhood, as well as the effect of current health care facilities. Specific attention is paid to the impact of unobserved heterogeneity, selective attrition, and omitted relevant macrovariables. We appl…

  • Economic Conditions Early in Life and Individual Mortality

    Gerard J Van Den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom et al.ARTICLEAmerican Economic Review2006

    We analyze the effect of economic conditions early in life on individual mortality rate later in life, using business cycle conditions early in life as an exogenous indicator. Individual records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death, covering a window of unprecedented size (1912–2000) are merged with historical data on macroeconomic and health indicators. We correct for secular changes over time and other mortality determinants. We n…

  • Health Profiles and Profile-Specific Health Expectancies of Older Women and Men

    Dorly J H Deeg, Dorly Deeg et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women & Aging2002

    This study focuses on gender differences in health profiles, and examines which health profiles drive gender differences in remaining life expectancy in women and men aged 65 and over in The Netherlands. Data from the first two cycles of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (n = 2,141 and 1,659, respectively) were used to calculate health profiles for individuals of 65-85 years. For both women and men, six profiles were found: I. cancer; II. "o…

  • Life Expectancies in Specific Health States

    Open AccessFrance Portrait, Maarten Lindeboom et al.ARTICLEDemography2001

    With the trend toward aging, increases in health care expenditures are expected. Insight into (future) needs for care services requires a taxonomy of older persons’ health conditions: how health status develops as people age and how these health conditions determine residual life expectancy. In this paper we provide this information for the Netherlands. We apply a flexible nonparametric method—he Grade of Membership method—to a national database …

  • Life expectancies in specific health states

    Open AccessFrance Portrait, Maarten Lindeboom et al.ARTICLEDemography2001Cited by: 9References: 13

    With the trend toward aging, increases in health care expenditures are expected. Insight into (future) needs for care services requires a taxonomy of older persons’ health conditions: how health status develops as people age and how these health conditions determine residual life expectancy. In this paper we provide this information for the Netherlands. We apply a flexible nonparametric method—he Grade of Membership method—to a national database …