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Health inequality among Chinese older adults : the role of childhood circumstances
Yan, Binjian; Chen, Xi; Gill, Thomas M. - 2020
This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 and 2015 with its Life History Survey in 2014...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149043
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Health inequality among Chinese older adults : the role of childhood circumstances
Yan, Binjian; Chen, Xi; Gill, Thomas M. - 2019
This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 and 2015 with its Life History Survey in 2014...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153307
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Symposium on Child Development and Parental Investment : Introduction
Francesconi, Marco - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989824
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Place of birth and cognitive function among older Americans : findings from the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol
Lin, Zhuoer; Chen, Xi - 2024
for 2.2-9.7% of the total variance in cognition after controlling for age, sex, and race/ethnicity, which declines to 2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014582282
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Adverse childhood circumstances and cognitive function in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: lower level or faster decline?
Lin, Zhuoer; Chen, Xi - 2021
This paper reviews the literature on the relationship between gender (in)equality and industrialization in the context of developing countries. It documents past developments, accounting for pre-industrial preconditions that might explain current differences in gender roles across societies....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484491
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Adverse childhood circumstances and cognitive function in middle- aged and older Chinese adults : lower level or faster decline?
Lin, Zhuoer; Chen, Xi - 2021
We examine the long-term relationship between childhood circumstances and cognitive aging. In particular, we differentiate the level of cognitive deficit from the rate of cognitive decline. Applying a linear mixed-effect model to three waves of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Surveys...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012493904
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Learning intensity effects in students' mental and physical health : evidence from a large scale natural experiment in Germany
Hofmann, Sarah; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2017
In this study, we analyze health effects of a recent education reform in Germany exposing students to increased schooling intensity. The reform shortened the higher secondary education track by one year. As the overall curriculum required for graduation was held constant, this led to an increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011812578
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The Origins of Cognitive Skills and Non-Cognitive Skills : The Long-Term Effect of In-Utero Rainfall Shocks in India
Chang, Grace; Favara, Marta; Novella, Rafael - 2021
Skills are an important predictor of labour, education, and wellbeing outcomes. Understanding the origins of skills formation is important for reducing future inequalities. This paper analyses the effect of shocks in-utero on human capital outcomes in childhood and adolescence in India....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314776
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Maternal depression, women's empowerment, and parental investment : evidence from a large randomized control trial
Baranov, Victoria; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Biroli, Pietro; … - 2017
We evaluate the long-term impact of treating maternal depression on women’s financial empowerment and parenting decisions. We leverage experimental variation induced by a cluster-randomized control trial that provided psychotherapy to perinatally depressed mothers in rural Pakistan. It was one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011770420
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Maternal stress during pregnancy and early childhood development
Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Sánchez, Rafael - 2018
, exposed children had a lower level of development, cognition skills, and more attention problems relative to children not … child by age 2. By exploiting a longitudinal dataset of children and their parents, we find that children who were exposed … trimester of pregnancy. The negative impact on cognitive skills and development is concentrated on lower-income children and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011843862