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Health inequality among Chinese older adults : the role of childhood circumstances
Yan, Binjian; Chen, Xi; Gill, Thomas M. - 2019
health, self-rated health to mortality. Our analytic sample includes about 8,000 Chinese persons age above 60. Using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153307
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Double trouble: the burden of child rearing and working on maternal mortality
Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Farbmacher, Helmut; Guber, Raphael; … - 2020
We document increased old-age mortality rates among Swedish twin mothers compared to non-twin mothers. Results are … based on administrative data on mortality for the years 1990 to 2010. We argue that twins are an unplanned shock to … fertility in the cohorts of older women considered. Deaths due to lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012229573
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Health inequality among Chinese older adults : the role of childhood circumstances
Yan, Binjian; Chen, Xi; Gill, Thomas M. - 2020
health, self-rated health to mortality. Our analytic sample includes about 8,000 Chinese persons age above 60. Using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149043
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Early life exposure to the Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961) and the health of older adults in China : a meta-analysis (2008–2023)
Shen, Chi; Chen, Xi - 2024
There is mounting evidence indicating that the aging process initiates during early life stages, with in utero the individual's environment playing a significant role. Consequently, it is crucial to comprehend the enduring effects of early life circumstances on health in old age. In this study,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464449
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Early Life Circumstances and the Health of Older Adults : A Research Note
Chen, Xi - 2022
This paper reviews the latest evidence of the effects of early life circumstances on old-age health, distinguishing in utero exposures from childhood exposures to a wide range of environments. We then leverage the growing number of studies of the impact of the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961) on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078007
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Early life circumstances and the health of older adults : a research note
Chen, Xi - 2022
This paper reviews the latest evidence of the effects of early life circumstances on old-age health, distinguishing in utero exposures from childhood exposures to a wide range of environments. We then leverage the growing number of studies of the impact of the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961) on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013357950
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Early life circumstances and the health of older adults : a research note
Chen, Xi - 2022
This paper reviews the latest evidence of the effects of early life circumstances on old-age health, distinguishing in utero exposures from childhood exposures to a wide range of environments. We then leverage the growing number of studies of the impact of the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961) on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013347148
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Early life exposure to the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961) and the health of older adults in China : a meta-analysis (2008-2023)
Shen, Chi; Chen, Xi - 2024
There is mounting evidence indicating that the aging process initiates during early life stages, with in utero the individual's environment playing a significant role. Consequently, it is crucial to understand the enduring effects of early life circumstances on health in old age. In this study,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014462135
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Child health, remote work and the female wage penalty
Kouki, Amairisa; Sauer, Robert M. - 2020
Using data on American women and the health status of their children, this paper studies the effect of remote work on female earnings. Instrumental variables estimates, which exploit a temporary child health shock as exogenous variation in the propensity to work at home, yield an hourly wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012285983
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Do Americans Live Longer and Healthier? Forecasting Healthy Life Expectancy by Including Dynamic Evolutions of Mortality, Health, and Macroeconomic Variables
Yang, Ying - 2015
incorporating the joint future developments of age-specific mortality and health prevalence rates, GDP, and the unemployment rate …. We also quantify the uncertainties of (healthy) life expectancy taking into account the joint evolution of mortality …, health, and macroeconomic variables. Finally, we make a comparison with the corresponding models without GDP and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015155