In the past century, more people have perished from famine than from the two World Wars combined. Many more were … exposed to famine and survived. Yet we know almost nothing about the long run impact of famine on these survivors. This paper … addresses this question by estimating the effect of childhood exposure to China’s Great Famine on adult health and labor market …

The Great Chinese Famine of 1959-1961 is puzzling, since despite the high death rates, there is no discernable … diminution in height amongst the majority of cohorts who were exposed to the famine in crucial growth years. An explanation is … selection effects of the Chinese famine, using the height of the children of the famine cohort. We find significant stunting of …

individuals born during a famine to others. Nutritional intake is typically unobserved and endogenous, whereas famines arguably … provide exogenous variation in the provision of nutrition. However, living through a famine early in life does not necessarily … often exceed famine effects by a factor three. …

This paper provides non-parametric estimates of the total effects of famine in China on marital behavior of famine … show that the famine reduced the marital attractiveness of the famine-born cohort. The conclusion is that the small … observed changes in marriage rates of the famine born cohort are due to a significant decline in marital attractiveness. …

animal studies. We provide an external validation by analyzing the impact of the German famine of 1916-1918 on children and … grandchildren of those exposed to the famine at ages 8-12. Our findings support and extend the evidence so far. Among the third …

particular, early nutritional conditions are instrumented by exposure to the potato famine of unprecedented severity that the …,342 individuals not exposed to severe famine during gestation and/or till age three. We compare non-parametrically the total and … individual characteristics and additional (early life) determinants of mortality. Results: Men exposed to severe famine during …