Labor market effects of intrauterine exposure to nutritional deficiency: Evidence from administrative data on Muslim immigrants in Denmark

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue , 2016, Pages 196-209

  Schultz Nielsen, Marie Louise ^a,b   Tekin, Erdal ^b,c,d   Greve, Jane ^e  

^a 2tv DK 1307 Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government Research   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Employment; Immigrant; Malnutrition; Ramadan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LABOR; MALE; MUSLIM; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SALARY; SELF REPORT; DIET RESTRICTION; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; FASTING; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84959560053     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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