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The Lasting Impact of Parental Early Life Malnutrition on Their Offspring: Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine

We investigate whether the effects of parents’ in utero malnutrition extend to the second generation (their children). Specifically, we explore whether the second generation’s level of schooling is negatively impacted by their parents’ malnutrition in utero, using the China Famine as a natural exper...

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Published in:	World development 2014-02, Vol.54, p.232-242
Main Authors:	Kim, Seonghoon, Deng, Quheng, Fleisher, Belton M., Li, Shi
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Subjects:	Barker hypothesis Children & youth China (People's Republic) China Famine Climate Famine Famines Females fetal origin Impact analysis Infants Males Malnutrition Measurement Mortality Rates Nutrition Parents Peoples Republic of China schooling Studies Women
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