This paper investigates the relationship between parental health shocks and fertility decisions in China, utilizing a … longitudinal dataset of Chinese households. We find that parental health shocks significantly delay the reproductive age and … decrease the desire for additional children among adult children in the family. Furthermore, our analysis shows that personal …

We investigate the intergenerational effect of parental health shocks on the fertility choices of adult children in … China. By using a comprehensive longitudinal dataset of Chinese households, severe and unexpected health shocks to parents … Matching (PSM). Our findings indicate that parental health shocks significantly postpone the reproductive age of adult children …

health outcomes in the second generation: mortality, measures based on data on hospitalization and, finally, measures using … persistence in health inequality across generations into pre-birth and post-birth components. We use three sets of measures for … birth outcomes for the third generation. The results show that all of the persistence in mortality is transmitted solely via …