In this paper, we model the consequences of childhood health on adult health and socio-economic status outcomes in … China using a new sample of middle aged and older Chinese respondents. Modeled after the American Health and Retirement …. Childhood health in CHARLS relies on two measures that proxy for different dimensions of health during the childhood years. The …

We investigate long-run effects of episodes of hunger experienced as a child on health status and behavioral outcomes … suggest that individual behavior is a pathway between early life shocks and adult health: We find that those who experienced …-documented biological channel from early life circumstances to adult health, there is also a behavioral pathway …