Stunting and selection effects of famine: A case study of the Great Chinese Famine

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-111

  Gørgens, Tue ^a   Meng, Xin ^a   Vaithianathan, Rhema ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

China; Famine; Height; Panel data

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; FAMINE; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; PANEL DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SURVIVAL;

CHINA;

EID: 80054697578     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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