| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP6005 |
| DP6005 Direct Evidence of Dividend Tax Clienteles | |
| Kristian Rydqvist; Magnus Dahlquist; Göran Robertsson | |
| 发表日期 | 2006-12-17 |
| 出版年 | 2006 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | In the past century, more people have perished from famine than from the two World Wars combined. Many more were exposed to famine and survived. Yet we know almost nothing about the long run impact of famine on these survivors. This paper addresses this question by estimating the effect of childhood exposure to China's Great Famine on adult health and labor market outcomes of survivors. It resolves two major empirical difficulties: 1) data limitation in measures of famine intensity; and 2) the potential joint determination of famine occurrences and survivors' outcomes. As a measure of famine intensity, we use regional cohort size of the surviving population in a place and time when there is little migration. We then exploit a novel source of plausibly exogenous variation in famine intensity to estimate the causal effect of childhood exposure to famine on adult health, educational attainment and labor supply. The results show that exposure to famine had significant adverse effects on adult health and work capacity. The magnitude of the effect is negatively correlated with age at the onset of the famine. For example, for those who were one year old at the onset of the famine, exposure on average reduced height by 2.08% (3.34cm), weight by 6.03% (3.38kg), weight-for-height by 4% (0.01 kg/cm), upper arm circumference by 3.95% (0.99cm) and labor supply by 6.93% (3.28 hrs/week). The results also suggest that famine exposure decreased educational attainment by 3% (0.19 years); and that selection for survival decreased within-region inequality in famine stricken regions. |
| 主题 | Development Economics ; Labour Economics |
| 关键词 | Children Demographic Famine Institutions |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp6005 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/534842 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kristian Rydqvist,Magnus Dahlquist,Göran Robertsson. DP6005 Direct Evidence of Dividend Tax Clienteles. 2006. |
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