This paper estimates the intergenerational health transmission in China using the 1991–2009 China Health and Nutrition …, which may in turn be caused by the inequality of opportunity in education and health. In this paper, we find that there is a … strong correlation of health status between parent and their offspring in both the urban and rural sectors, suggesting the …

relationship between marriage and health for working-age (20 to 64) individuals. In both data sets married agents are healthier … than unmarried ones, and the health gap between married and unmarried agents widens by age. After controlling for … observables, a gap of about 12 percentage points in self-reported health persists for ages 55-59. We estimate the marriage health …

translates into a 2–4cm reduction in height over the life course. Since height is commonly used as a measure of long-run health …, our results demonstrate that failing to take age-related height loss into account substantially overstates the health … predictors of physical stature decline at the individual level. However, we demonstrate how deteriorating health and reductions …

opportunities for prevention, including vaccination, and for therapies and their costs; and the targeting of these health … interventions at people, depending on health status. There may be multiple endemic optimal steady states. …