Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/80690 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7535
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
There is increasing interest in neighborhood or area effects on health and individual development. China, due to its vast regional variations in health infrastructure and geography and relative immobility of older residents, provides a rare opportunity to study such effects. Utilizing China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) baseline survey 2011-2012 which covered over 17,000 individuals in 450 randomly selected communities/villages, this paper addresses two questions: whether community/village characteristics matter for individual health and SES (Socio-Economic Status), and why they matter. Our statistical results indicate that community/village characteristics have strong associations with individual health and SES.
Subjects: 
China
neighborhood effects
health
JEL: 
I10
I14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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