@article{298eb72b11594ef8bc223134b899f991,
title = "Exposure in utero to adverse events and health late-in-life: Evidence from China",
abstract = "This paper estimates the effect of in utero exposure to adverse events on late life diabetes, cardiovascular disease risks and cognition deficiency. We merge data on the regional violence during the Cultural Revolution and the excessive death rates during the Chinese Great Famine with data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study survey. Results show that female babies who were exposed in utero to the famine have higher diabetes risks, while male babies who were exposed to the Cultural Revolution are shown to have lower cognitive abilities.",
keywords = "cardiovascular disease, Chinese Great Famine, cognition, cultural revolution, diabetes, early life conditions",
author = "Jiyuan Wang and Rob Alessie and Viola Angelini",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to the two data providers: the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) team at Peking University and Professor Andrew G. Walder at Stanford University. The CHARLS was supported by the behavioral and Social Research division of the National Institute on Aging of the National Institute of Health (Grant Nos. 1-R21-AG031372-01, 1-R01-AG037031-01, and 3-R01AG037031-03S1), the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. Seventy,773,002, 70,910,107,022, and 71,130,002), the World Bank (Contract Nos. Seventy one45915 and 7,159,234), and Peking University. Collection work for the second data set “China Political Events Dataset, 1966–1971” was directed by Professor Andrew G. WAlder, with support from National Science Foundation (Grant SBS-1021134) for his project, “Political Movements in an Authoritarian Hierarchy” (2010–2013). Funding Information: We are grateful to the two data providers: the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) team at Peking University and Professor Andrew G. Walder at Stanford University. The CHARLS was supported by the behavioral and Social Research division of the National Institute on Aging of the National Institute of Health (Grant Nos. 1‐R21‐AG031372‐01, 1‐R01‐AG037031‐01, and 3‐R01AG037031‐03S1), the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. Seventy,773,002, 70,910,107,022, and 71,130,002), the World Bank (Contract Nos. Seventy one45915 and 7,159,234), and Peking University. Collection work for the second data set “China Political Events Dataset, 1966–1971” was directed by Professor Andrew G. WAlder, with support from National Science Foundation (Grant SBS‐1021134) for his project, “Political Movements in an Authoritarian Hierarchy” (2010–2013). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Health Economics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.",
year = "2023",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1002/hec.4632",
language = "English",
volume = "32",
pages = "541--557",
journal = "Health Economics",
issn = "1057-9230",
publisher = "Wiley",
number = "3",
}