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Health inequality among Chinese older adults : the role of childhood circumstances
Yan, Binjian; Chen, Xi; Gill, Thomas M. - 2020
This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 and 2015 with its Life History Survey in 2014...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149043
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Health inequality among Chinese older adults : the role of childhood circumstances
Yan, Binjian; Chen, Xi; Gill, Thomas M. - 2019
This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 and 2015 with its Life History Survey in 2014...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153307
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Early-life circumstances and racial disparities in cognition for older Americans : the importance of educational quality and experiences
Lin, Zhuoer; Ye, Justin; Allore, Heather; Gill, Thomas M.; … - 2024
Given the critical role of neurocognitive development in early life, this study assesses how racial differences in early-life circumstances are collectively and individually associated with racial disparities in late-life cognition. Leveraging uniquely rich information on life history from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014545074
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Early-life circumstances and racial disparities in cognition for older Americans : the importance of educational quality and experiences
Lin, Zhuoer; Ye, Justin; Allore, Heather; Gill, Thomas M.; … - 2024
Given the critical role of neurocognitive development in early life, this study assesses how racial differences in early-life circumstances are collectively and individually associated with racial disparities in late-life cognition. Leveraging uniquely rich information on life history from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014557724
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Leaving money on the table? : suboptimal enrollment in the new social pension program in China
Chen, Xi; Hu, Lipeng; Sindelar, Jody Louise - 2019
, and their families, make optimal pension decisions. Families are involved in the NRPS decisions because, in most cases ….We find evidence of low and suboptimal pension enrollment by eligible individuals and their families. Suboptimal enrollment … families do not make mutually beneficial intra-family decisions. For the older cohort, few individual and family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012147155
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Do skewed sex ratios among children promote parental smoking? : longitudinal evidence from rural China
Chen, Xi - 2017
smoke. Men are the major income earners in most Chinese families and thus bear much of the financial burden in preparation … more for families with a son living in communities with higher sex ratios. In contrast, those with a daughter do not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129940
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Childhood circumstances and health inequality in old age : comparative evidence from China and the United States
Chen, Xi; Yan, Binjian; Gill, Thomas M. - 2020
This paper estimates the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and evaluates the importance of major domains of childhood circumstances to health inequalities in the USA and China. We link two waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241752
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Prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes in China
Zhang, Xin; Wang, Yixuan; Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xun - 2020
This paper is one of the first to examine the associations between prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes, specifically the incidence of low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA), based on a nationally representative birth record dataset in China. During the sample period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149110
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Prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes in China
Zhang, Xin; Wang, Yixuan; Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xun - 2019
This paper is one of the first to examine the associations between prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes, specifically the incidence of low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA), based on a nationally representative birth record dataset in China. During the sample period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153404
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Does daughter deficit promote parental substance use? : longitudinal evidence on smoking from rural China
Chen, Xi - 2017
smoke. Men are the major income earners in most Chinese families and thus bear much of the financial burden in preparation … more for families with a son living in communities with higher sex ratios. In contrast, those with a daughter do not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011694826