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Title
Stunting and Selection Effects of Famine: A Case Study of the Great Chinese Famine
Creator
Creator Name
Gørgens, Tue Gørgens, Tue
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Australian National University
Creator Name
Meng, Xin Meng, Xin
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Australian National University
Creator Name
Vaithianathan, Rhema Vaithianathan, Rhema
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
University of Auckland
Editor
Contributor Name
Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Key Word
Famine
height
China
panel data
JEL
C33
I12
N950
O15
Abstract
Many developing countries experience famine. If survival is related to height, the increasingly common practice of using height as a measure of well-being may be misleading. We devise a novel method for disentangling the stunting from the selection effects of famine. Using data from the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine, we find that taller children were more likely to survive the famine. Controlling for selection, we estimate that children under the age of five who survived the famine grew up to be 1 to 2 cm shorter. Our results suggest that average height is potentially a biased measure of economic conditions during childhood.
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2010-10
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
Is Part OfRelation -
Related Title
CEI Working Paper Series, No. 2010-2
Relation
Related Identifier
URI
  http://cei.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/English/index.html
NCID
AA11590659
Number of Pages
45
Appears in Collections
CEI Working Paper Series
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/29189