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 investigates how changing one’s racial classification, specifically, passing as white, affected old-age longevity for African Americans in the pre-Civil Rights era.
This study provides strong evidence that a father’s level of education has a measurable impact on his children’s longevity.
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 shows that expanding access to four-year colleges not only increases educational attainment but also extends life expectancy.
This study finds that early exposure to state midwifery licensing laws in the early 1900s improved health later in life
This study explores how birth order affects longevity, finding that later-born siblings live 1–3 months less than their earlier-born counterparts.
This study explores how having more children affects parents’ longevity, with implications for family planning and social policy. Using 1940 U.S.
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 finds that being born during periods with high infant mortality, reflecting poor disease environments and limited healthcare access, is linked to higher mortality rates later in life, particularly after age 70.