This study reveals the lasting toll of racial violence on Black Americans’ longevity. Researchers find that Black babies whose mothers were pregnant during a local lynching lived about 3.7 months less as adults, on average.
This study finds that the first wave of compulsory schooling laws in the late 19th century not only increased parents’ education but also led to longer lives for their children decades later.
This study finds that early exposure to state midwifery licensing laws in the early 1900s improved health later in life
Exposure to lead in water pipes during early life significantly reduces later-life male longevity.
The Rockefeller Sanitation Commission’s hookworm eradication campaign in the American South during the 1910s led to an increase of 1 month in later-life longevity for those fully exposed in early life.
Early-life exposure to County Health Departments (CHDs), which provided affordable healthcare in underserved areas, is linked to about 0.9 months of additional longevity for those exposed in-utero up to age 4.
This study examines the long-term benefits of early-life exposure to city-wide water filtration systems introduced in 25 major American cities in the early 20th century.
This study is the first to link childhood exposure to birth registration laws with longer life in old age, estimating an intent-to-treat effect of 0.08 years (about 1 month) increase in lifespan.
This study explores how a devastating pest, the boll weevil, accidentally improved long-term health for children growing up in the early 1900s Cotton Belt.
This study examines the long-term health effects of early-life exposure to alcohol prohibition in the U.S.