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Both Western and Soviet estimates of GNP growth in the USSR indicate that GNP per capita grew in every decade -- sometimes rapidly -- from 1928 to 1985. While this measure suggests that the standard of living improved in the USSR throughout this period, it is unclear whether this economic growth...
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This paper identifies health determinants in urban China applying Grossman model. Using wave of China Health and …, and married couple has better health in urban China. -- self-reported health status ; Grossman model ; ordered probit … ; China …
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In this paper we use a new data set describing households with and without twin children in China to quantify the trade … area of China, an extra child at parity one or at parity two, net of birthweight effects, significantly decreases the … deficit of twins. Despite the evident significant trade-off between number of children and child quality in China, however …
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"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 that shorter children experienced greater mortality and...
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families in rural China. This paper asks how participation is affected by elder parent health. We find that younger adults are …
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addresses this question by estimating the effect of childhood exposure to China's Great Famine on adult health and labor market …
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in China. Controlling for village fixed effects, poor access to water is found to decrease the probability of wage work … ; menopause ; water engineering ; rural development ; China …
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We are concerned in this paper with measuring health outcomes among the elderly in Zhejiang and Gansu provinces, China …). We use the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) pilot data to document health conditions among the … China, particularly so for the aged. In general education tends to be positively correlated with better health outcomes, as …
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longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we have found a positive, age-enhancing income gradient of child …
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offspring of mothers who experienced the China Great Leap Forward Famine. The direct impact on entrance to senior high school is … to IV estimation. -- malnutrition ; health ; schooling ; Barker hypothesis ; China Famine …
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