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Early life environments and frailty in old age among Chinese older adults

Li, Yaxi; Xue, Qian-Li; Odden, Michelle C.; Chen, Xi; … - 2020

Exposures in childhood and adolescence may impact the development of diseases and symptoms in late life. However, evidence from low- and middle- income countries is scarce. In this study, we examined the association of early life risk factors with frailty among older adults using a large,...

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Immigration and the health of older natives in Western Europe

Escarce, José J.; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2018

Previous research has found that immigration benefits the health of working-age natives, an effect mediated through the labor market. We use the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate whether immigration also affects the health of natives 65-80 years old....

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Will you marry me ... if our children are healthy? : the impact of maternal age and the associated risk of having a child with health problems on family structure

Gutierrez, Federico H. - 2019

Family structure is usually believed to affect children's human capital. Is it possible that causality goes in the opposite direction? This paper shows that the behavior of family structure variables over the life cycle dramatically changes when women have babies in their forties. These data...

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Performance pay and alcohol use in Germany

Baktash, Mehrzad B.; Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2021

We study the link between performance pay and alcohol use in Germany, a country with mandated health insurance …. Previous research from the US argues that alcohol use as a form of "self-medication" may be a natural response to the stress … of consuming each of four types of alcohol (beer, wine, spirits, and mixed drinks) is higher for those receiving …

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