A burgeoning body of literature suggests that poor childhood health leads to adverse health outcomes, lower educational attainment and weaker labour market outcomes in adulthood. We focus on an important but under-researched topic, which is the role played by infection-related hospitalization (IRH) in childhood and its links to labour market outcomes later in life. The participants aged 24-30 years in 2001 N = 1706 were drawn from the Young Finns Study, which includes comprehensive registry data on IRHs in childhood at ages 0-18 years. These data are linked to longitudinal registry information on labour market outcomes (2001-2012) and parental background (1980). The estimations were performed using ordinary least squares (OLS). The results showed that having an additional IRH is associated with lower log earnings (b = -0.110, 95 % confidence interval (CI): -0.193; -0.026), fewer years of being employed (b = -0.018, 95 % CI: -0.031; -0.005), a higher probability of receiving any social income transfers (b = 0.012, 95 % CI: -0.002; 0.026) and larger social income transfers, conditional on receiving any (b = 0.085, 95 % CI: 0.025; 0.145). IRHs are negatively linked to human capital accumulation, which explains a considerable part of the observed associations between IRHs and labour market outcomes. We did not find support for the hypothesis that adult health mediates the link.

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童年感染是否会影响成年后的劳动力市场结果？

大量的新兴文献表明，童年时期的健康状况不佳会导致不良的健康状况，较低的教育程度以及成年后的劳动力市场状况变弱。我们关注的是一个重要但研究不足的主题，它是儿童时期与感染相关的住院治疗（IRH）所起的作用，以及其与晚年劳动力市场成果的联系。2001年N = 1706的24-30岁年龄段参与者来自Young Finns研究，该研究包括0-18岁儿童IHR的综合注册表数据。这些数据与关于劳动力市场结果（2001-2012）和父母背景（1980）的纵向注册信息相关。使用普通最小二乘法（OLS）进行估算。结果表明，拥有额外的IRH与较低的原木收入相关（b = -0.110，95％置信区间（CI）：-0.193; -0.026），受雇年限较短（b = -0.018，95％CI：-0.031； -0.005），接受任何社会收入转移的可能性较高（b = 0.012，95％CI：-0.002； 0.026）和较大的社会收入转移，但要以任何收入为条件（b = 0.085，95％CI：0.025； 0.145）。IRH与人力资本积累负相关，这解释了IRH与劳动力市场结果之间观察到的关联的很大一部分。我们没有找到关于成人健康介导这种联系的假设的支持。IRH与人力资本积累负相关，这解释了IRH与劳动力市场结果之间观察到的关联的很大一部分。我们没有找到关于成人健康介导这种联系的假设的支持。IRH与人力资本积累负相关，这解释了IRH与劳动力市场结果之间观察到的关联的很大一部分。我们没有找到关于成人健康介导这种联系的假设的支持。