Early Life Circumstances and the Health of Older Adults: A Research Note

Xi Chen

No 15511, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I14 I18 J13 J14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2022-08
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Published - published as 'The path to healthy ageing in China: a Peking University–Lancet Commission' in : The Lancet Commission Report , 2022, 400 (10367), P1967 - 2006

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