Early Life Exposure to the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961) and the Health of Older Adults in China: A Meta-Analysis (2008-2023)
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- Shen, Chi & Chen, Xi, 2024. "Early Life Exposure to the Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961) and the Health of Older Adults in China: A Meta-Analysis (2008–2023)," IZA Discussion Papers 16733, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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- Xu, Hongwei & Li, Lydia & Zhang, Zhenmei & Liu, Jinyu, 2016. "Is natural experiment a cure? Re-examining the long-term health effects of China's 1959–1961 famine," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 148(C), pages 110-122.
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Keywords
Meta-Analysis; Aging; Life Course Health; Famine; Early Life Circumstances;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
- J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2024-02-12 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-CNA-2024-02-12 (China)
- NEP-DEM-2024-02-12 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2024-02-12 (Health Economics)
- NEP-MAC-2024-02-12 (Macroeconomics)
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