covers 5.8 million children in poor rural China and provides 6-24-month old children with a free nutrition supplement that … several early-life health indicators. Robust evidence shows that such nutrition supplements effectively increase boys' weight … and reduce their probability of being underweight. No effect is observed on girls of similar age. These health indicators …

children aged below five years. Using detailed dataset from the current and fourth round of the National Family Health Survey … health, neglect of children in terms of inadequate provision of essential child care also seem to matter. The results from … likelihood of her children being malnourished. When we focus on identifying the pathways through which domestic violence affect …

circumstances on health in old age. In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis to examine the effects of the Great Chinese Famine … (1959-1961) on the health of older adults. We also explored potential mechanisms underlying these effects. The complex … interplay between early life circumstances, multiple health-related sectors, and healthy aging necessitates a comprehensive life …

This paper reviews the latest evidence of the effects of early life circumstances on old-age health, distinguishing in … the impact of the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961) on the health of older adults to perform a meta-analysis and discuss … how various circumstances may coalesce and manifest in shaping long-term health. …

health and well-being later in life. It starts by highlighting the various contributions focusing on associations, then moves …

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 …

have poorer health once they reach the adulthood. We used data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 2002 until 2018 … interpretation of the estimates. On the one hand, we found a nil effect for parental unemployment on mental health. On the other hand …, we detected a negative effect on physical health. The latter is stronger if parental unemployment occurred in early …

manifestations of forced labor in beggar children, and assess whether forced child begging relates to deteriorated health …-related quality of life and mental health. The study focused on the capital city of Greece, Athens, where beggar children are not a … forced child begging was negatively associated with health-related quality of life and mental health for beggar children …

We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility … status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects mental health of both themselves and their partners. Single men … retiring experience a drop in mental health. Female retirement has hardly any effect on their own mental health or the mental …