Gender difference in the long-term impact of famine
An increasing literature examines the association between restricted fetal or early childhood growth and the incidence of diseases in adulthood. Little is known, however, about gender difference in this association. We assess the impact of nutritional deficiency in the early lives of survivors of th...
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2008
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| author | Mu, Ren Zhang, Xiaobo |
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| description | An increasing literature examines the association between restricted fetal or early childhood growth and the incidence of diseases in adulthood. Little is known, however, about gender difference in this association. We assess the impact of nutritional deficiency in the early lives of survivors of the Chinese Great Famine in terms of health and economic welfare, paying special attention to gender differences. We found evidence of several significant negative impacts for female -but not male-survivors, and the gender differences are statistically significant. Furthermore, we show that the selection bias caused by differences in mortality plausibly explains more than two-thirds of the documented gender difference in the long-term health of famine survivors. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1602012025-11-06T05:02:56Z Gender difference in the long-term impact of famine Mu, Ren Zhang, Xiaobo famine gender nutrition health infants children adults diseases gender equality An increasing literature examines the association between restricted fetal or early childhood growth and the incidence of diseases in adulthood. Little is known, however, about gender difference in this association. We assess the impact of nutritional deficiency in the early lives of survivors of the Chinese Great Famine in terms of health and economic welfare, paying special attention to gender differences. We found evidence of several significant negative impacts for female -but not male-survivors, and the gender differences are statistically significant. Furthermore, we show that the selection bias caused by differences in mortality plausibly explains more than two-thirds of the documented gender difference in the long-term health of famine survivors. 2008 2024-11-21T09:50:15Z 2024-11-21T09:50:15Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160201 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Mu, Ren; Zhang, Xiaobo. 2008. Gender difference in the long-term impact of famine. IFPRI Discussion Paper 760. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160201 |
| spellingShingle | famine gender nutrition health infants children adults diseases gender equality Mu, Ren Zhang, Xiaobo Gender difference in the long-term impact of famine |
| title | Gender difference in the long-term impact of famine |
| title_full | Gender difference in the long-term impact of famine |
| title_fullStr | Gender difference in the long-term impact of famine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender difference in the long-term impact of famine |
| title_short | Gender difference in the long-term impact of famine |
| title_sort | gender difference in the long term impact of famine |
| topic | famine gender nutrition health infants children adults diseases gender equality |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160201 |
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