Adult height, nutrition, and population health

JM Perkins, SV Subramanian, G Davey Smith… - Nutrition …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In this review, the potential causes and consequences of adult height, a measure of
cumulative net nutrition, in modern populations are summarized. The mechanisms linking …

Early-life health and adult circumstance in developing countries

J Currie, T Vogl - Annu. Rev. Econ., 2013 - annualreviews.org
A growing literature documents the links between long-term outcomes and health in the fetal
period, infancy, and early childhood. Much of this literature focuses on rich countries, but …

Cohort profile: the China health and retirement longitudinal study (CHARLS)

Y Zhao, Y Hu, JP Smith, J Strauss… - International journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) is a nationally
representative longitudinal survey of persons in China 45 years of age or older and their …

Depressive symptoms and SES among the mid-aged and elderly in China: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study national baseline

X Lei, X Sun, J Strauss, P Zhang, Y Zhao - Social science & medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
We examine the prevalence of depressive symptoms among the mid-aged and elderly in
China and examine relationships between depression and current SES factors such as …

Afternoon napping and cognition in Chinese older adults: findings from the China health and retirement longitudinal study baseline assessment

J Li, PZ Cacchione, N Hodgson… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To examine the cross‐sectional associations between self‐reported postlunch
napping and structured cognitive assessments in Chinese older adults. Design Cross …

The health implications of social pensions: Evidence from China's new rural pension scheme

L Cheng, H Liu, Y Zhang, Z Zhao - Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper estimates the causal effect of income on health outcomes of the elderly and
investigates underlying mechanisms by exploiting an income change induced by the launch …

Height, skills, and labor market outcomes in Mexico

TS Vogl - Journal of Development Economics, 2014 - Elsevier
Taller workers are paid higher wages. A prominent explanation for this pattern is that
physical growth and cognitive development share childhood inputs, inducing a correlation …

Effects of education on cognition at older ages: Evidence from China's Great Famine

W Huang, Y Zhou - Social Science & Medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper explores whether educational attainment has a cognitive reserve capacity in
elder life. Using pilot data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study …

Your height affects your health: genetic determinants and health-related outcomes in Taiwan

JS Chiou, CF Cheng, WM Liang, CH Chou, CH Wang… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Height is an important anthropometric measurement and is associated with
many health-related outcomes. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified …

China health and retirement longitudinal study (CHARLS)

X Chen, Y Wang, J Strauss, Y Zhao - Encyclopedia of gerontology and …, 2022 - Springer
Methods The SEC sample came from the six most populous provinces of Cambodia, which
combined included more than 50% of the national population. These were, in the order of …