. 6,806 participants aged ≥60 years from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study were included. We measured 13 … status, nutritional status, domestic violence, neighborhood, and health). We used multinomial regression models to examine … significant factors. Results show that worse health condition in childhood and unfavorable childhood and adolescent socioeconomic …

We examine the long-term relationship between childhood circumstances and cognitive aging. In particular, we … of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Surveys (CHARLS 2011, 2013, 2015) and matching cognitive outcomes to CHARLS …), neighborhood cohesion, friendship and health conditions, are significantly associated with both the level of cognitive deficit and …

interplay between early life circumstances, multiple health-related sectors, and healthy aging necessitates a comprehensive life …-course approach and strategic interventions to enhance public health in an aging society. …There is mounting evidence indicating that the aging process initiates during early life stages, with in utero the …

introduction of pension benefits on the health status, health behaviors, and healthcare utilization of rural Chinese adults age 60 … and above. The results point to three main conclusions. First, in addition to improvements in self-reported health, older … adults with access to the pension program experienced significant improvements in several important measures of health …

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. Immigration may increase the supply and lower the price of personal and …

Family structure is usually believed to affect children's human capital. Is it possible that causality goes in the … child with health problems when women enter the last decade of their reproductive life. I present a simple theoretical model …

countries and whether and how the policies affect women's labor market outcomes, their own and children's health, and child … development. The leave policies can also influence women's fertility choices, as well as household specialization and husbands …

This paper estimates the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and … evaluates the importance of major domains of childhood circumstances to health inequalities in the USA and China. We link two … waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 and 2015 with the newly released 2014 Life …

This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the … contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 … and 2015 with its Life History Survey in 2014 to quantify health inequality due to childhood circumstances for which they …

earlylife interventions for health equity in aging societies. Our methods highlight the utility of machine learning in public …Childhood circumstances may impact senior health, prompting this study to introduce novel machine learning methods to … assess their individual and collective contributions to health inequality in old age. Using the US Health and Retirement …