Unequal before death
The effect of paternal education on children's old-age mortality in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4527680 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hamid Noghanibehambari (0000-0001-7868-2900, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Jason M Fletcher (0000-0001-8843-0563, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Jason Fletcher (0000-0002-4760-7200, University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 203-229 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00324728.2023.2284766 |
| PMID | 38445522 |
| OpenAlex | W4392517539 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 160 |
A growing body of research documents the relevance of parental education as a marker of family socio-economic status for children's later-life health outcomes. A strand of this literature evaluates how the early-life environment shapes mortality outcomes during infancy and childhood. However, the evidence on mortality during the life course and old age is limited. This paper contributes to the literature by analysing the association between paternal education and children's old-age mortality. We use data from Social Security Administration death records over the years 1988-2005 linked to the United States 1940 Census. Applying a family(cousin)- fixed-effects model to account for shared environment, childhood exposures, and common endowments that may confound the long-term links, we find that having a father with a college or high-school education, compared with elementary/no education, is associated with a 4.6- or 2.6-month-higher age at death, respectively, for the child, conditional on them surviving to age 47
Census · Cousin · Developmental psychology · Geography · Life course approach · Sociology · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |