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Adult height, as a marker of childhood health, has recently become a focus in understanding the relationship between childhood health and health outcomes at older ages. However, measured height of the older individuals is contaminated by height shrinkage from aging. Height shrinkage, in turn may...
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, especially when public support is inadequate. However, using rich information from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal …
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In this paper, we model gender differences in cognitive ability in China using a new sample of middle-aged and older …
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We are concerned in this paper with measuring health outcomes among the elderly in Zhejiang and Gansu provinces, China …). We use the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) pilot data to document health conditions among the … China, particularly so for the aged. In general education tends to be positively correlated with better health outcomes, as …
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, and these may exhibit SES gradients and exacerbate social inequality. Using hypertension as an example and data from China … (CHNS), we find that the prevalence of hypertension in China is already close to levels in developed countries, under …
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longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we have found a positive, age-enhancing income gradient of child …
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This paper documents the patterns and correlates of retirement in China using a nationally representative survey, the … China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). After documenting stark differences in retirement ages between … urban and rural residents, the paper shows that China's urban residents retire earlier than workers in many OECD countries …
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associated with higher SWB across such diverse groups as being a member of the communist party or a religious organization. China …
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