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

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 …

There is increasing interest in neighborhood or area effects on health and individual development. China, due to its … opportunity to study such effects. Utilizing China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) baseline survey 2011 … vast regional variations in health infrastructure and geography and relative immobility of older residents, provides a rare …

We are concerned in this paper with measuring health outcomes among the elderly in Zhejiang and Gansu provinces, China …). We use the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) pilot data to document health conditions among the … China, particularly so for the aged. In general education tends to be positively correlated with better health outcomes, as …

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

We are concerned in this paper with measuring health outcomes among the elderly in Zhejiang and Gansu provinces, China …). We use the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) pilot data to document health conditions among the … China, particularly so for the aged. In general education tends to be positively correlated with better health outcomes, as …