Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development

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dc.creatorTan, Chih Ming
dc.creatorTan, Zhibo
dc.creatorZhang, Xiaobo
dc.date2014
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:53Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:53Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:31:55Z
dc.descriptionThe intergenerational effect of fetal exposure to malnutrition on cognitive ability has rarely been studied for human beings in large part due to lack of data. In this paper, we exploit a natural experiment, the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–1961, and employ a novel dataset, the China Family Panel Studies, to explore the intergenerational legacy of early childhood health shocks on the cognitive abilities of the children of parents born during the famine. We find that daughters born to rural fathers who experienced the famine in early childhood score lower in major tests than sons, whereas children born to female survivors are not affected.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150167
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/107050
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160201
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceTan, Chih Ming; Tan, Zhibo and Zhang, Xiaobo. 2014. Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1351. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150167
dc.subjectfathers
dc.subjectgenes
dc.subjectchromosomes
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjectagricultural policies
dc.subjectepigenetics
dc.subjecthunger
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectmental ability
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectfamine
dc.subjectresilience
dc.titleSins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development
dc.typeWorking Paper

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