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Reproducing Inequalities: Luck, Wallets, and the Enduring Effects of Childhood Health by Palloni, Alberto

“…In this article, I argue that research on social stratification, on intergenerational transmission of inequalities, and on the theory of factor payments and…”
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Impacts of the 1918 flu on survivors' nutritional status: A double quasi-natural experiment by Palloni, Alberto, McEniry, Mary, Huangfu, Yiyue, Beltran-Sanchez, Hiram

“…Robust empirical evidence supports the idea that embryonic and, more generally, intrauterine disruptions induced by the 1918-flu pandemic had long-term…”
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Where and When: Sharpening the lens on geographic disparities in mortality by Xu, Wei, Engelman, Michal, Palloni, Alberto, Fletcher, Jason

“…Life course theories suggest that geographic disparities in mortality may reflect a history of place-based exposures rather than (or in addition to)…”
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Early childhood health, reproduction of economic inequalities and the persistence of health and mortality differentials by Palloni, Alberto, Milesi, Carolina, White, Robert G., Turner, Alyn

“…The persistence of adult health and mortality socioeconomic inequalities and the equally stubborn reproduction of social class inequalities are salient…”
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Impact of delayed effects on human old-age mortality by Verhulst, Andrea, Beltrán-Sánchez, Hiram, Palloni, Alberto

“…There is growing empirical evidence supporting theories of developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD). However, the implications of DOHaD conjectures…”
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Subjective survival expectations and observed survival: How consistent are they? by Palloni, Alberto, Novak, Beatriz

“…In this paper, we use new models to convert subjective expectations elicited from individual responses into conditional survival functions. We also estimate…”
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The reach of fertility decline: a longitudinal analysis of human capital gains across generations by Koning, Stephanie M., Palloni, Alberto, Nobles, Jenna, Coxhead, Ian, Fernald, Lia C. H.

“…The impact of fertility decline on economic development remains central to population studies. Recent scholarship emphasizes parental investment in education…”
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OBESITY AND EXCESS MORTALITY AMONG THE ELDERLY IN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO by MONTEVERDE, MALENA, NORONHA, KENYA, PALLONI, ALBERTO, NOVAK, BEATRIZ

“…Increasing levels of obesity could compromise future gains in life expectancy in low- and high- income countries. Although excess mortality associated with…”
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Older adults under a mixed regime of infectious and chronic diseases by Samper-Ternent, Rafael, Michaels-Obregon, Alejandra, Wong, Rebeca, Palloni, Alberto

“…Analyze the impact of a mixed regime of infectious and chronic conditions among older adults in Mexico on their health progression. A total of 12 207 adults…”
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Cohort Profile: The Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) by Wong, Rebeca, Michaels-Obregon, Alejandra, Palloni, Alberto

“…The Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) was designed to prospectively evaluate the impact of disease on the health, function and mortality of adults over the…”
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Early Exposure to County Income Mobility and Adult Individual Health in the United States by Daza, Sebastian, Palloni, Alberto

“…Abstract Objectives Previous research in the United States suggests contextual income mobility may play a role in explaining the disparities between life…”
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Migration Selection, Protection, and Acculturation in Health: A Binational Perspective on Older Adults by Riosmena, Fernando, Wong, Rebeca, Palloni, Alberto

“…In this article, we test for four potential explanations of the Hispanic Health Paradox (HHP): the "salmon bias," emigration selection, and sociocultural…”
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Ready-Willing-Able: Early childhood mortality decline in Turkey by Aktar, Rengin, Palloni, Alberto

“…We test a conjecture to explain Turkey's decades-long 'underachievement' in early child mortality improvements. We argue that it is largely a consequence of…”
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Ready-Willing-Able: Early Childhood Mortality Transition in Turkey by Aktar, Rengin, Palloni, Alberto

“…We test a conjecture to explain Turkey’s decades long underachievement in early child mortality improvements. We argue that it is largely a consequence of…”
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The Consequences of Incarceration for Mortality in the United States by Daza, Sebastian, Palloni, Alberto, Jones, Jerrett

“…Previous research has suggested that incarceration has negative implications for individuals’ well-being, health, and mortality. Most of these studies,…”
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Paradox Lost: Explaining the Hispanic Adult Mortality Advantage by Palloni, Alberto, Arias, Elizabeth

“…We tested three competing hypotheses regarding the adult "Hispanic mortality paradox": data artifact, migration, and cultural or social buffering effects. On…”
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Estimation of Older Adult Mortality from Information Distorted by Age Misreporting by Palloni, Alberto, Beltrán-Sánchez, Hiram, Pinto, Guido

“…Testing theories about human senescence and longevity demands accurate information on older adult mortality. With some exceptions, this is available for most…”
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Early Poverty and Future Life Expectancy with Disability among the Elderly in Argentina by Monteverde, Malena, Palloni, Alberto, Guillén, Montserrat, Tomas, Silvia

“…Two aspects of the aging process in Latin America should be specially taken into account in order to evaluate future perspectives of morbidity among the…”
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The enduring effects of smoking in Latin America by Palloni, Alberto, Novak, Beatriz, Pinto-Aguirre, Guido

“…We estimated smoking-attributable mortality, assessed the impact of past smoking on recent mortality, and computed expected future losses in life expectancy…”
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Close social relationships correlate with human gut microbiota composition by Dill-McFarland, Kimberly A., Tang, Zheng-Zheng, Kemis, Julia H., Kerby, Robert L., Chen, Guanhua, Palloni, Alberto, Sorenson, Thomas, Rey, Federico E., Herd, Pamela

“…Social relationships shape human health and mortality via behavioral, psychosocial, and physiological mechanisms, including inflammatory and immune responses…”
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