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The long term consequences of famine on survivors : evidence from a unique natural experiment using China's Great Famine

Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003839075

The long term consequences of famine on survivors : evidence from a unique natural experiment using China's Great Famine

Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003839369

Stunting and selection effects of famine : a case study of the great Chinese famine

Gørgens, Tue (contributor); Meng, Xin (contributor); … - 2007

"The Great Chinese Famine of 1959-1961 is puzzling, since despite the high death rates, there is no discernable diminution in height amongst the majority of cohorts who were exposed to the famine in crucial growth years. An explanation is that shorter children experienced greater mortality and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003429624

Stunting and selection effects of famine : a case study of the Great Chinese Famine

Gørgens, Tue; Meng, Xin; Vaithianathan, Rhema - 2010

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701554

The long run health and economic consequences of famine on survivors : evidence from China's Great Famine

Meng, Xin (contributor); Qian, Nancy (contributor) - 2006

addresses this question by estimating the effect of childhood exposure to China's Great Famine on adult health and labor market … adult health, educational attainment and labor supply. The results show that exposure to famine had significant adverse … effects on adult health and work capacity. The magnitude of the effect is negatively correlated with age at the onset of the …