male germ cell development. We build on this evidence and investigate whether undernutrition at that age biologically … health scores if their paternal grandfather (maternal grandmother) was exposed to a famine during preadolescence. These …

data provided by the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to corroborate evidence supporting the Fetal …We report evidence of long-term adverse health impacts of in utero exposure to malnutrition based on survivors in their … 50s who were born during the China Famine that occurred in the years 1959-1961. We take advantage of recently available …

of gift-giving can have a lasting detrimental health impact on their children. Using a primary census-type panel … household survey in rural China, this paper provides empirical evidence on the squeeze effect of gift giving. …

associated with improved nutritional status in the preferred model. Data are drawn from four waves of the China Health and …This paper examines the determinants of child nutritional status in seven provinces of China during the 1990s, focusing … specifically on the role of two areas of public policy, namely health system reforms and the one child policy. The empirical …

during the Great Leap Forward famine in China, and by examining the intergenerational consequences of the famine on those who …