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 …

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 …

to IV estimation. -- malnutrition ; health ; schooling ; Barker hypothesis ; China Famine … offspring of mothers who experienced the China Great Leap Forward Famine. The direct impact on entrance to senior high school is …