TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Chen, Xi
        TI  - Early Life Circumstances and the Health of Older Adults: A Research Note
        PY  - 2022/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15511
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15511
        AB  - 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.

        KW  - early life circumstances
KW  - old-age health
KW  - famine
KW  - long-term health
KW  - meta-analysis
KW  - China
        ER  -