@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp15511,
            	author={Chen, Xi},
            	title={Early Life Circumstances and the Health of Older Adults: A Research Note},
            	year={2022},
	month={Aug},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={15511},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15511},
	abstract={This paper reviews the latest evidence of the effects of early life circumstances on old-age health, distinguishing in utero exposures from childhood exposures to a wide range of environments. We then leverage the growing number of studies of the impact of the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961) on the health of older adults to perform a meta-analysis and discuss potential mechanisms. Recent studies assembling multiple domains of early life circumstances are evaluated to better understand how various circumstances may coalesce and manifest in shaping long-term health.
},
	keywords={early life circumstances;old-age health;famine;long-term health;meta-analysis;China},
            }