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

Xi Chen

No 1158, GLO Discussion Paper Series from Global Labor Organization (GLO)

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)
Date: 2022
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