The long-term health and economic consequences of the 1959-1961 famine in China
The long-term health and economic consequences of the 1959-1961 famine in China
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.12.006
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发表时间：
2007-07-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Zhou, Li-An
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作者：
Chen, Yuyu;Zhou, Li-An
本文采用差异中的差异方法，试图量化中国1959-1961年饥荒对幸存者健康和经济状况的长期影响。我们发现，大饥荒对幸存者造成了严重的健康和经济后果，特别是对那些在饥荒期间处于幼儿期的人。我们的估计表明，平均而言，在没有饥荒的情况下，1959年出生的队列中的个体在成年后会长高3.03厘米。饥荒也极大地影响了劳动力供应和幸存者的收入，在他们的童年早期遭受饥荒。(C)2007 Elsevier B. V.保留所有权利。
This paper, using a difference-in-differences method, tries to quantify the long-term effects of China's 1959-1961 famine on the health and economic status of the survivors. We find that the great famine caused serious health and economic consequences for the survivors, especially for those in early childhood during the famine. Our estimates show that on average, in the absence of the famine, individuals of the 1959 birth cohort would have otherwise grown 3.03 cm taller in adulthood. The famine also greatly impacted the labor supply and earnings of the survivors with famine exposure during their early childhood. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.