Sven E Wilson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3931555 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sven E Wilson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sven E |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilson |
| SIGNATURE | WILSON S E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University and National Bureau of Economic Research |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 242 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Does adult height predict later mortality
Vicious Habits
We analyze a random sample of 15,049 white veterans and 5,329 black veterans of the US Civil War examined by physicians between 1890 and 1906. We calculate a period prevalence of STI of 1.2–1.7 % among whites and 4.2–8.0 % among blacks, even though blacks and whites had almost identical prevalence of STI s in their wartime medical records. Furthermore, we find evidence that Board physicians were on the lookout for STI s among black veterans that …
Union Army veterans, all grown up
This paper overviews the research opportunities made possible by a NIA-funded program project, Early Indicators, Intergenerational Processes, and Aging. Data collection began almost three decades ago on 40,000 soldiers from the Union Army in the US Civil War. The sample contains extensive demographic, economic, and medical data from childhood to death. In recent years, a large sample of African-American soldiers and an oversampling of soldiers fr…
Family Economics and Obesity
Obesity deserves attention by economists because it has moved to the forefront of public health concerns worldwide and because it is a health condition that defies the general economic pattern that economic prosperity is associated with better health. The economic theory of household behavior and accompanying empirical evidence both suggest that married couples are able to reap the rewards of more efficient investment in health. Obesity, however,…
Marriage, gender and obesity in later life
PREJUDICE & Policy Racial Discrimination in the Union Army Disability Pension System, 1865-1906
The Union Army disability pension was an early experiment in colorblind social policy. However, it shortchanged Blacks in 2 ways. First, the law was unable to account for the challenges Blacks faced in proving their eligibility because of the legacy of slavery and discrimination against Black troops during the Civil War. Second, the increasing leniency accorded White soldiers by the Pension Bureau was not extended in the same measure to Blacks. A…
A Lot More to Do
In 1995, Beck and Katz (B&K) instructed the profession on “What to do (and not to do) with time-series, cross-section data,” and almost instantly their prescriptions became the new orthodoxy for practitioners. Our assessment of the intellectual aftermath of this paper, however, does not inspire confidence in the conclusions reached during the past decade. The 195 papers we reviewed show a widespread failure to diagnose and treat common problems o…
Do panel surveys make people sick? US arthritis trends in the Health and Retirement Study
Good marriages gone bad
The health capital of families
Warfare and Welfare
This article investigates the impact of military service on the duration of a veteran's first marriage, a topic in the literature with both scant and highly contradictory conclusions. Our sample consisted of 3,800 males from the National Survey of Families and Households (1987-1994). Using hazard rate analysis, we estimate the impact of both combat and noncombat assignments on marital duration. Our statistical results imply: (1) self-reported par…
A Lot More to Do
In 1995, Beck and Katz (B&K) instructed the profession on “What to do (and not to do) with time-series, cross-section data,” and almost instantly their prescriptions became the new orthodoxy for practitioners. Our assessment of the intellectual aftermath of this paper, however, does not inspire confidence in the conclusions reached during the past decade. The 195 papers we reviewed show a widespread failure to diagnose and treat common problems o…
The health capital of families
Good marriages gone bad
Warfare and Welfare
This article investigates the impact of military service on the duration of a veteran's first marriage, a topic in the literature with both scant and highly contradictory conclusions. Our sample consisted of 3,800 males from the National Survey of Families and Households (1987-1994). Using hazard rate analysis, we estimate the impact of both combat and noncombat assignments on marital duration. Our statistical results imply: (1) self-reported par…
Do panel surveys make people sick? US arthritis trends in the Health and Retirement Study
Union Army veterans, all grown up
This paper overviews the research opportunities made possible by a NIA-funded program project, Early Indicators, Intergenerational Processes, and Aging. Data collection began almost three decades ago on 40,000 soldiers from the Union Army in the US Civil War. The sample contains extensive demographic, economic, and medical data from childhood to death. In recent years, a large sample of African-American soldiers and an oversampling of soldiers fr…
PREJUDICE & Policy Racial Discrimination in the Union Army Disability Pension System, 1865-1906
The Union Army disability pension was an early experiment in colorblind social policy. However, it shortchanged Blacks in 2 ways. First, the law was unable to account for the challenges Blacks faced in proving their eligibility because of the legacy of slavery and discrimination against Black troops during the Civil War. Second, the increasing leniency accorded White soldiers by the Pension Bureau was not extended in the same measure to Blacks. A…
Good marriages gone bad
The health capital of families
Warfare and Welfare
This article investigates the impact of military service on the duration of a veteran's first marriage, a topic in the literature with both scant and highly contradictory conclusions. Our sample consisted of 3,800 males from the National Survey of Families and Households (1987-1994). Using hazard rate analysis, we estimate the impact of both combat and noncombat assignments on marital duration. Our statistical results imply: (1) self-reported par…
Do panel surveys make people sick? US arthritis trends in the Health and Retirement Study
A Lot More to Do
In 1995, Beck and Katz (B&K) instructed the profession on “What to do (and not to do) with time-series, cross-section data,” and almost instantly their prescriptions became the new orthodoxy for practitioners. Our assessment of the intellectual aftermath of this paper, however, does not inspire confidence in the conclusions reached during the past decade. The 195 papers we reviewed show a widespread failure to diagnose and treat common problems o…
PREJUDICE & Policy Racial Discrimination in the Union Army Disability Pension System, 1865-1906
The Union Army disability pension was an early experiment in colorblind social policy. However, it shortchanged Blacks in 2 ways. First, the law was unable to account for the challenges Blacks faced in proving their eligibility because of the legacy of slavery and discrimination against Black troops during the Civil War. Second, the increasing leniency accorded White soldiers by the Pension Bureau was not extended in the same measure to Blacks. A…
Marriage, gender and obesity in later life
Family Economics and Obesity
Obesity deserves attention by economists because it has moved to the forefront of public health concerns worldwide and because it is a health condition that defies the general economic pattern that economic prosperity is associated with better health. The economic theory of household behavior and accompanying empirical evidence both suggest that married couples are able to reap the rewards of more efficient investment in health. Obesity, however,…
Union Army veterans, all grown up
This paper overviews the research opportunities made possible by a NIA-funded program project, Early Indicators, Intergenerational Processes, and Aging. Data collection began almost three decades ago on 40,000 soldiers from the Union Army in the US Civil War. The sample contains extensive demographic, economic, and medical data from childhood to death. In recent years, a large sample of African-American soldiers and an oversampling of soldiers fr…
Does adult height predict later mortality
Vicious Habits
We analyze a random sample of 15,049 white veterans and 5,329 black veterans of the US Civil War examined by physicians between 1890 and 1906. We calculate a period prevalence of STI of 1.2–1.7 % among whites and 4.2–8.0 % among blacks, even though blacks and whites had almost identical prevalence of STI s in their wartime medical records. Furthermore, we find evidence that Board physicians were on the lookout for STI s among black veterans that …
Medicine (9 works) · Population (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Demography (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (5 works)