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birth record dataset in China. During the sample period in the 1990s, migration was limited in rural China, allowing us to …
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birth record dataset in China. During the sample period in the 1990s, migration was limited in rural China, allowing us to …
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and temporal variation in housing price appreciation linked to individual-level health data in China from 2000 to 2011. We …China has experienced a rapid boom in real estate prices in the last few decades, leading to a substantial increase in … diseases. This negative health impact is more pronounced among individuals from low-income families, households that purchased …
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expectations and norms. Parental gender stereotypes are shown to strongly decrease student wellbeing in China. Students are …
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wellbeing in China. Students are strongly more depressed, feeling blue, unhappy, not enjoying life and sad while parental … undermine girls' selfconfidence and make them more prone to anxiety and other mental health issues. For boys, stronger …
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This study uses a randomized controlled trial of a school-based anemia reduction program in rural China to examine how … increased school emphasis on health promotion affects academic performance. Although education and health promotion are … incentives to improve student health increase the impact of school-based programs on student health outcomes, but may also lead …
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Long-term exposure to extreme temperatures could threaten individuals' mental health and psychological wellbeing. This … literature, we define extreme temperature exposure in relative terms based on local temperature patterns. Combining the China … Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study and environmental data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration …
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This paper examines whether migration of adult children adversely affects the health of the left-behind elderly in … rural China. Establishing causal effect is complicated by the fact that there may be unobserved factors influencing both … child migration and health of the elderly. I address this endogeneity by using instrumental variable method. The findings …
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The Great Chinese Famine of 1959-1961 is puzzling, since despite the high death rates, there is no discernable diminution in height amongst the majority of cohorts who were exposed to the famine in crucial growth years. An explanation is that shorter children experienced greater mortality and...
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After three decades of great improvements in China's health status, health gains have eroded recently. The three main … causes of this have been changes in government financing of health sector, the shift to a more market-oriented economy, and a … shift toward more noncommunicable diseases and injuries, the prevention of which has not been a traditional part of China …
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