We examine the effect of New York City's universal pre-kindergarten program (UPK) on the health and utilization of …

Using 2006 China Agricultural Census (CAC), we examine whether the introduction of the New Cooperative Medical System …

This paper estimates the long run impact of famine on survivors in the context of China's Great Famine. To address …

-being. Whereas parents who are more exposed to the family planning policies consume more and enjoy slightly better physical health … status, they report more severe depression symptoms. Our study calls for greater attention to the mental health status of the …

An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks … negative early health shocks at ages 0-3, the other twin sibling who did suffer negative health shocks received RMB 305 more in … terms of health investments, but received RMB 182 less in terms of educational investments in the 12 months prior to the …

China introduced its stringent family planning policies from the early 1970s, known as the "Later, Longer, Fewer … policies consume more and enjoy slightly better physical health status, they report more severe depression symptoms. In this … paper, we present a more complete picture of the difference in mental health among residents in rural and urban areas …

the demand for health-care services. Using data from the 1991-2006 waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we find …At the end of 1998, China launched a government-run mandatory insurance program, the Urban Employee Basic Medical … Insurance (UEBMI), to replace the previous medical insurance system. Using the UEBMI reform in China as a natural experiment …

, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is interpreted as a construct derived from an economic model of …