Lei, Xiaoyan; Smith, James P.; Sun, Xiaoting; Zhao, Yaohui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this paper, we model gender differences in cognitive ability in China using a new sample of middle-aged and older … people. These gender differences in cognition are especially concentrated in the older age groups and poorer communities … and are nationally representative of the Chinese population in this age span. Our measures of cognition in CHARLS relies …