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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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This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The … of child income as well as in the demographic composition. -- child poverty ; economic growth ; Bangladesh ; China …
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This paper studies the effect of improved neonatal health care on mortality and long run academic achievement in school. We use the idea that medical treatments often follow rules of thumb for assigning care to patients, such as the classification of Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW), which assigns...
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Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal … employment and obesity in children aged 3-17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for …
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Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyzes peer effects on obesity in a sample … of 3- to 18-year-old children and adolescents in China. Even after a rich set of covariates and unobserved individual …
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Using the 2011-2013 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, this paper utilizes the quarter of the year in which a child was … find significant education-induced migration among boys, which we attribute to son preference in China. Due to child … inequality in China. We also provide evidence to show that the segregation of the education system through Hukou is a possible …
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China Education Panel Survey, we investigate PEE's causal impact on adolescent subjective well-being (SWB) and the …
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