Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development
The intergenerational effect of fetal exposure to malnutrition on cognitive ability has rarely been studied for human beings in large part due to lack of data. In this paper, we exploit a natural experiment, the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–1961, and employ a novel dataset, the China Family Panel St...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2014
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| author | Tan, Chih Ming Tan, Zhibo Zhang, Xiaobo |
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| description | The intergenerational effect of fetal exposure to malnutrition on cognitive ability has rarely been studied for human beings in large part due to lack of data. In this paper, we exploit a natural experiment, the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–1961, and employ a novel dataset, the China Family Panel Studies, to explore the intergenerational legacy of early childhood health shocks on the cognitive abilities of the children of parents born during the famine. We find that daughters born to rural fathers who experienced the famine in early childhood score lower in major tests than sons, whereas children born to female survivors are not affected. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1501672025-11-06T07:10:49Z Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development Tan, Chih Ming Tan, Zhibo Zhang, Xiaobo fathers genes chromosomes economic development agricultural policies epigenetics hunger malnutrition nutrition mental ability children famine resilience The intergenerational effect of fetal exposure to malnutrition on cognitive ability has rarely been studied for human beings in large part due to lack of data. In this paper, we exploit a natural experiment, the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–1961, and employ a novel dataset, the China Family Panel Studies, to explore the intergenerational legacy of early childhood health shocks on the cognitive abilities of the children of parents born during the famine. We find that daughters born to rural fathers who experienced the famine in early childhood score lower in major tests than sons, whereas children born to female survivors are not affected. 2014 2024-08-01T02:50:53Z 2024-08-01T02:50:53Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150167 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160201 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Tan, Chih Ming; Tan, Zhibo and Zhang, Xiaobo. 2014. Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1351. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150167 |
| spellingShingle | fathers genes chromosomes economic development agricultural policies epigenetics hunger malnutrition nutrition mental ability children famine resilience Tan, Chih Ming Tan, Zhibo Zhang, Xiaobo Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development |
| title | Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development |
| title_full | Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development |
| title_fullStr | Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development |
| title_short | Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development |
| title_sort | sins of the fathers the intergenerational legacy of the 1959 1961 great chinese famine on children s cognitive development |
| topic | fathers genes chromosomes economic development agricultural policies epigenetics hunger malnutrition nutrition mental ability children famine resilience |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150167 |
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