, this approach allows us to account for i) variations in human capital for workers in different age groups, ii) mortality … China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … non-communicable diseases over the period 2010-2030 are $16 trillion for China (measured in real USD with the base year …

Has the expansion in exports affected pollution and health outcomes across different prefectures in China in the two … the rest of the world. We find that the pollution content of export affected pollution and mortality. A one standard … deviation increase in PollutionExportShock increases infant mortality by 2.2 deaths per thousand live births, which is about 13 …

women in developing countries face particularly severe vulnerabilities, so that excess mortality faced by the unmarried is … female mortality faced by older unmarried women in developing regions. We place these estimates in the context of the missing …. By contrast, China has almost no missing unmarried women. We show that 70% of missing unmarried women are of reproductive …

on the sample employed), a pattern that holds for within-firm estimations. The connections-mortality relationship is …

This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the … five main NCDs will total USD 27.8 trillion for China and USD 6.2 trillion for India (in 2010 USD). For both countries, the … that the costs are much larger in China than in India mainly because of China's higher income and older population. Rough …

With rapid economic growth and medical advances, longevity and health in China have been continuously improving in …-by-province analysis of healthy life expectancy at birth for China. We develop a predictive multiple regression model utilizing information …-level regions in China for both males and females. We then discuss the implications of our results for the design of public policies …