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CURRICULUM VITAE - JOHN STRAUSS

Home Address Office Address

391 South Berkeley Ave. Department of Economics
Pasadena, CA 91107 318A Kaprielian Hall
(626) 584-0353 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0253

Date of Birth: February 25, 1951 (213) 740-7698

FAX: (213) 740-8543
E-mail:jstrauss@usc.edu

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics and Agricultural Economics, 1981, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI
B.A., Political Science, 1973, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

RESEARCH AREAS

Development Economics
Economics of the Household
Economics of Human Resource Investments and Labor Market Outcomes
Health Economics and Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2004-Present—Professor, Department of Economics, University of Southern

California
2012-Present-Professor, Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern
California
2011-Present- Cheung Kong Chair Professor, National School of Development,
Peking University
2005-2011 Chang Jiang Scholar, China Center for Economic Research, Peking
University
1992-Present—Adjunct Staff, RAND
1992-2004--Professor, Department of Economics, Michigan State University
1989-1992—Senior Economist, Economics and Statistics Department, RAND
1987–1989—Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Economic Growth
Center, Yale University
1983–1986—Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Economic Growth
Center, Yale University
1981–1983, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Virginia
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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/HONORS

August 2003-October 2013-Editor-in-Chief, Economic Development and Cultural

Change
November 2013-present, Associate Editor, Economic Development and Cultural
Change
July 1990-Dec 2003—Associate Editor, Journal of Development Economics
2005-Present, Senior Fellow, Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of
Development (BREAD)
May 2013-Present, Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
(NBER), Development Economics
January 2016, Honored Member, Population Association of America
Member, American Economic Association
Member, Population Association of America
Member, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

PUBLIC SERVICE/RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Principle Investigator, Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS), 1999-present

Principle Investigator (with Yaohui Zhao and Gonghuan Yang), China Health and
Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), 2006-present
Member, International Advisory Committee, Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI),
2012-present
Member, International Advisory Committee, Japanese Study of Aging and
Retirement (JSTAR), 2013-present
Director of Graduate Studies, Economics Department, USC, Fall 2011-present.
Director, Institute for Economic Policy Research, University of Southern California,
September 2006-August 2009
Resource person, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), 1999-2011
Co-Chair ,Committee on Poverty and Population, International Union for the
Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), 2003-2005
Chair, Clifford Clogg Award Committee, Population Association of America, 2013-
2014
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RESEARCH GRANTS

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1986–1989, R01-HD-

21098, “Rural Household Behavior and Policy Effects on Health, Mortality, and
Productivity in Five Developing Countries”, co-PI (Mark Rosenzweig, PI)

World Bank, 1986–1987, “Determinants of Children’s Nutritional Status and

Morbidity in Cote d’Ivoire”, PI

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1990–1993, P-50-HD-

12639, “Human Capital Accumulation and Intergenerational Mobility”, co-PI (Julie
daVanzo, PI)

US Census Bureau, 1991–1992, “Aging and Health in Jamaica”, PI

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1991–1995, P-01-HD-

28372, R-01-HD-27560, “Household Resources, Economic Shocks, Infrastructure
and Child Growth”, PI

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1992–1996, P-01-HD-

28372, “Economic Causes of Adult Ill-Health”, co-PI (Paul Gertler, PI)

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000-2003, 1R01-

HD38484-01, “Dynamics of Family Well-Being During Economic Crisis”, PI

National Institute on Aging, 2000-2004, 1R01-AG17637-01, “Third Indonesian

Family Life Survey of Aging”, PI

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2001-2006, 1R01-

HD40245-01, “Who Pays the Price of an Economic Crisis”, co-PI (Duncan Thomas,
PI)

Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, 2001-2006, 1R01-

TW05610-01, “Micro-Foundations of Health and Development”, co-PI (Duncan
Thomas, PI)

US Agency for International Development, Jakarta Indonesia, Partnership for

Economic Growth, 2001-2004, 497-G-00-01-00028-00, “Policy Analysis and
Capacity Building Using the Indonesia Family Life Surveys”, PI.

National Institute on Aging, 2006-2010, 1R01-AG026676-01, “Fourth Indonesian

Family Life Survey of Aging”, PI

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2006-2010, 1R01-

HD050764-01A1, “Dynamics of Family Well-Being in a Low Income Setting”, PI

National Institute on Aging, 2007-2008, 1R13-AG030312-01, “China Aging

Conference”, PI
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National Institute on Aging, 2007-2008, 1R21-AG031372-01, “China Health and

Retirement Longitudinal Study, Pilot”, co-PI (Yaohui Zhao, PI)

National Institute on Aging, 2009-2011, 1R21-AG033675-01A1, “Biomarkers in

the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study”, PI (Eileen Crimmins, PI)

Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, 2009-2012, 1R03-

TW008358, “Studies of Health, Retirement and Living Arrangements of the Aging
Population in China”, PI (Yaohui Zhao, PI)

National Institute on Aging, 2010-2015, 1R01-AG037031-01, “The China Health

and Retirement Longitudinal Study”, PI (Yaohui Zhao and Gonghuan Yang, PIs)

National Institute on Aging, 2012-2015, 1R01-AG037031-03S1, “The China

Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study”, competing revision, PI (Yaohui Zhao
and Gonghuan Yang, PIs)

National Institute on Aging, 2012-2017, 1R01-AG026676-05, “Twenty Years On:

The Fifth Indonesia Family Life Survey of Aging”, PI

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2013-2019,

1R01HD050764-05A1, “Dynamics of Family Well Being in Indonesia After 20
Years”, PI

National Institute on Aging, 2015-2019, 2R01AG037031-06A1, “China Health and

Retirement Longitudinal Study”, PI (Yaohui Zhao and Gonghuan Yang, PIs)

National Institute on Aging, 2015-2018, R03AG049144-01, “Archiving the

CHARLS Data”, (Yaohui Zhao, PI)

National Institute on Aging, 2016-2020, R01AG053228-01, “Harmonized

Cognitive and Dementia Assessment in China”, PI (Yaohui Zhao, Yueqin Huang
and Xin Yu, PIs)

PUBLICATIONS

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

“Occupation Migration Out of Agriculture in Japan” (with Yair Mundlak), Journal of

Development Economics, Vol. 5, 1978.

“Determinants of Food Consumption in Rural Sierra Leone: Application of the

Quadratic Expenditure System to the Consumption-Leisure Component of a
Household-Firm Model,” Journal of Development Economics , Vol. 11, 1982, pp.
327–353.
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“Joint Determination of Food Consumption and Production in Rural Sierra Leone:

Estimates of a Household-Firm Model,” Journal of Development Economics, Vol.
14, 1984, pp. 77–103.

“Market Surpluses of Agricultural Households Producing Several Outputs:

Responses to Prices, Production Technology, and Demographic Characteristics,”
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 66, 1984, pp. 321–331.

“Does Better Nutrition Raise Farm Productivity? Journal of Political Economy, Vol.
94, 1986, pp. 297–320. Reprinted in T.P. Schultz (ed.), Economic Demography,
Volume 1, International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, E. Elgar
Publishing, 1998.

“Agricultural Household Models: A Survey of Empirical Evidence and Policy

Conclusions” (with Inderjit Singh and Lyn Squire), World Bank Economic Review,
Vol. 1, 1986, pp. 149–179. Reprinted in D. Lal (ed.), Development Economics,
International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, E. Elgar Publishing, 1992.
Pages 149-150, 152-154 reprinted in Gerald Meier (ed.), Leading Issues in
Economic Development, 5th, 6th and 7th Editions, Oxford University Press, 1989,
1995, 2000.

“Child Survival, Nutritional Status, and Household Characteristics: Evidence From

Brazil” (with Duncan Thomas and Maria-Helena Henriques). Pesquisa e
Planejamento Economico, Vol. 19, 1989, pp. 427-482, Instituto de Planejamento
Economico e Social, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

“Households, Communities and Preschool Child Nutrition Outcomes: Evidence

From Rural Cote d’Ivoire.” Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 38,
1990, pp. 231–261.

“Child Survival, Height for Age and Household Characteristics in Brazil,” (with
Duncan Thomas and Maria-Helena Henriques). Journal of Development
Economics, Vol. 33, 1990, pp. 197–234.

“How Does Mother’s Education Affect Child Height?” (with Duncan Thomas and
Maria-Helena Henriques), Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 26, 1991, pp. 183–
211.

“The Role of Education and Extension in the Adoption of Technology: A Study of

Upland Rice and Soybean Farmers in Central-West Brazil,” (with Mariza Luz
Barbosa, Sonia Texeira, Duncan Thomas and Raimundo Gomes Junior),
Agricultural Economics, Vol. 5, 1991, pp. 341-359.

“Estimating the Impact of Income and Price Changes on Consumption in Brazil”

(with Duncan Thomas and Mariza Luz Barbosa), Pesquisa e Planejamento
Economico, Vol. 21, 1991, pp. 305-354, Instituto de Planejamento Economico e
Social, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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“Prices, Infrastructure, Household Characteristics and Child Height” (with Duncan

Thomas), Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 39, 1992, pp. 301-332.

“Gender and Life Cycle Differentials in the Patterns and Determinants of Adult
Health” (with Paul Gertler, Omar Rahman and Kristen Fox ), Journal of Human
Resources, Vol. 28, 1993, pp.791-837. Reprinted in T. Paul Schultz (ed.),
Investment in Women's Human Capital, University of Chicago Press, 1995.

“Gender Differences in Adult Health: An International Comparison” (with Omar

Rahman, Paul Gertler, Deanna Ashley and Kristen Fox), The Gerontologist, Vol.
34, 1994, pp.463-469.

“Quality of Health Care, Survival and Health Outcomes in Ghana” (with Victor
Lavy, Duncan Thomas and Philippe de Vreyer), Journal of Health Economics, Vol.
15, No. 3, 1996, pp.333-358.

“Public Policy and Anthropometric Outcomes in the Cote d’Ivoire” (with Duncan
Thomas and Victor Lavy), Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 61, No. 2, 1996,
pp.155-192.

“Health and Wages: Evidence for Men and Women in Urban Brazil” (with Duncan
Thomas), Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 77, No. 1, 1997, pp.159-186. Reprinted in
P. Bardhan and C. Udry (eds.), Readings in Development Economics, Volume II,
Empirical Microeconomics, MIT Press, 2000.

“Health, Nutrition and Economic Development” (with Duncan Thomas), Journal of

Economic Literature, Vol. 36, No. 2, 1998, pp.766-817. Reprinted in R. Floud, R.
Fogel, C. Walgreen, B. Harris, and S.C. Hong (eds.), Health, Mortality and the
Standard of Living in Europe and North America Since 1700, Edward Elgar,
forthcoming.

“Intrahousehold Allocations: A Review of Theories and Empirical Evidence” (with

Germano Mwabu and Kathleen Beegle), Journal of African Economies, Vol 9,
AERC Supplement 1, 2000, pp.83-143.

“Giving to the Poor? Targeting of Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia” (with Thomas Jayne,
Takashi Yamano and Daniel Molla), World Development, Vol 29, No. 5, May 2001,
pp.887-910.

“Targeting of Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia: Chronic Need or Inertia” (with Thomas
Jayne, Takashi Yamano and Daniel Molla), Journal of Development Economics, Vol
68, No. 2, August 2002, pp.247-288.

“Education in a Crisis” (with Duncan Thomas, Kathleen Beegle, Elizabeth

Frankenberg, Bondan Sikoki and Graciela Teruel), Journal of Development
Economics, Vol 74 No 1 June 2004, pp.53-86.

“Health outcomes and socio-economic status among the elderly in China:

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Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, Pilot” (with
Xiaoyan Lei, Albert Park, Yan Shen, James P. Smith, Zhe Yang and Yaohui Zhao),
Journal of Population Ageing, Vol 3, No.3, December 2010, pp.111-142.

“Cutting the Costs of Attrition: Evidence from the Indonesia Family Life Survey”,
(with Duncan Thomas, Firman Witoelar, Elizabeth Frankenberg, Bondan Sikoki,
Cecep Sumantri and Wayan Suriastini), Journal of Development Economics, Vol.
98, No 1., May 2012, pp.108-123.

“The Effects of Childhood Health on Adult Health and SES in China” (with James
P. Smith, Yan Shen, Yang Zhe and Yaohui Zhao), Economic Development and
Cultural Change, Vol 61, No. 1 October 2012, pp.127-155.

“Long-term impacts of investments in early schooling: Empirical evidence from

rural Ethiopia” (with Subha Mani and John Hoddinott), Journal of Development
Economics, Vol. 99, No. 2, November 2012, pp.292-299.

“Height, Height Shrinkage, Health at Older Ages and SES: Evidence from China”
(with Wei Huang, Xiaoyan Lei, Geert Ridder and Yaohui Zhao), American
Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 5, No. 2, April 2013, pp.86-121.

“Determinants of Schooling: Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia” (with

Subha Mani and John Hoddinott), Journal of African Economies, Vol. 22, No. 5,
November 2013, pp.693-731.

“Cohort Profile: The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study” (with
Yisong Hu, James P. Smith, Gonghuan Yang and Yaohui Zhao), International
Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 43, No. 1, February 2014, pp.61-68.

“Health Outcomes and Socio-economic Status Among the Mid-aged and Elderly
in China: Evidence from the CHARLS National Baseline Data, (with Xiaoyan Lei,
Xiaoting Sun, Yaohui Zhao, Gonghuan Yang, Perry Hu, Yisong Hu and Xiangjun
Yin), Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Vol. 3, pp.29-43, 2014 (reprinted in
Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Vol 4, pp.59-73).

“Comment: Can China Age Healthily?” (with Yaohui Zhao and James P. Smith),
Lancet, Vol. 384, August 30, 2014, pp.721-722.

“Healthy Aging in China” (with Yaohui Zhao and James P. Smith), Journal of the
Economics of Ageing, Vol. 4, 2014, pp.37-43.

“Depressive Symptoms and SES Among the Mid-aged and Elderly in China:
Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study”, (with
Xiaoyan Lei, Xiaoting Sun, Peng Zhang and Yaohui Zhao), Social Science and
Medicine, Vol. 120, November 2014. pp.224-232.

“Validation and Quality Control for Dried Blood Spot Based C-Reactive Protein
Assay: Experience from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and the Longitudinal
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Study of Aging in India” (with Peifeng Hu, Elizabeth Herningtyas, Varsha Kale,
Eileen Crimmins, Arun Risbud, Heather McCreath, Jinkook Lee, Jennifer O’Brien,
David Bloom and Teresa Seeman), Biodemography and Social Biology,
forthcoming, December 2014.

“Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS

National Baseline” (with Xiaoyan Lei, Meng Tien, Chuanchuan Zhang and Yaohui
Zhao), China Economic Journal, Volume 8, Issue 3, December 2015, pp.191-214.

“Intergenerational Correlation of Health Among Older Adults: Empirical Evidence

from Indonesia” (with Younoh Kim, Bondan Sikoki and Firman Witoelar), Journal
of the Economics of Ageing, Vol 6, December 2015, pp.44-56.

“Prevalence, Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes Mellitus Among Older

Chinese: Results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study” (with
Yaohui Zhao, Eileen Crimmins, Perry Hu, Yang Shen, James P. Smith and Yuan
Zhang), International Journal of Public Health, Vol. 61, Issue 3, May 2016, pp.347-
356.

“Health Insurance and Health Care Among the Mid-aged and Older Chinese:
Evidence from the National Baseline Survey of CHARLS”, (with Xiaoyan Lei,
Chuanchuan Zhang and Yaohui Zhao), Health Economics, January 2016.

“Estimation of Poverty Transition Matrices With Noisy Data” (with Nayoung Lee
and Geert Ridder), Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 32, No. 1,
January/February 2017, pp.37-55.

BOOKS

Agricultural Household Models: Applications, Extensions and Policy, Co-edited

with Inderjit Singh and Lyn Squire, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press,
1986.

Indonesian Living Standards Before and After the Financial Crisis (with Kathleen
Beegle, Agus Dwiyanto, Yulia Herawati, Daan Pattinasarany, Elan Satriawan,
Bondan Sikoki, Sukamdi and Firman Witoelar), Santa Monica: RAND and Institute
for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS, Singapore), 2004.

Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4, Co-editor with T. Paul Schultz,

Amsterdam: Elsevier Press, 2008.

BOOK AND MONOGRAPH CHAPTERS AND PROCEEDINGS PAPERS

“Occupational Migration Out of Agriculture in Japan” (with Yair Mundlak) in Y.

Mundlak (ed.), Intersectoral Factor Mobility and Agricultural Growth, International
Food Policy Research Institute, Research Report 6, 1979, pp.33-42.
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“The Flow of Savings Out of Agriculture in Japan” (with Yair Mundlak) in Y.

Mundlak (ed.), Intersectoral Factor Mobility and Agricultural Growth, International
Food Policy Research Institute, Research Report 6, 1979, pp.43-55.

“A Quantitative Interpretation of Some Aspects of the Japanese Experience”

(with Yair Mundlak), in Y. Mundlak (ed.), Intersectoral Factor Mobility and
Agricultural Growth, International Food Policy Research Institute, Research
Report 6, 1979, pp.75-102.

“Introduction” (with Inderjit Singh and Lyn Squire), in Singh, Squire, and Strauss
(eds.), Agricultural Household Models: Extensions, Applications and Policy, Johns
Hopkins Press, 1986, pp.3-16. Reprinted in T.P. Schultz (ed.), Economic
Demography, Volume 1, International Library of Critical Writings in Economics,
Edward Elgar Publishers, 1998.

“The Basic Model: Theory, Empirical Results and Policy Conclusions (with Inderjit
Singh and Lyn Squire), in Singh, Squire, and Strauss (eds.), Agricultural
Household Models: Extensions, Applications and Policy, Johns Hopkins Press,
1986, pp.17-47. Reprinted in T.P. Schultz (ed.), Economic Demography, Volume 1,
International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, Edward Elgar Publishers,
1998.

“Methodological Issues” (with Inderjit Singh and Lyn Squire), in Singh, Squire,
and Strauss (eds.), Agricultural Household Models: Extensions, Applications and
Policy, Johns Hopkins Press, 1986, pp.48-70. Reprinted in T.P. Schultz (ed.),
Economic Demography, Volume 1, International Library of Critical Writings in
Economics, Edward Elgar Publishers, 1998.

“The Theory and the Comparative Statics of Agricultural Household Models: A

General Approach,” in Singh, Inderjit, Lyn Squire, and John Strauss (eds.),
Agricultural Household Models: Extensions, Applications and Policy, Johns
Hopkins Press, 1986, pp.71-94. Reprinted in T.P. Schultz (ed.), Economic
Demography, Volume 1, International Library of Critical Writings in Economics,
Edward Elgar Publishers, 1998.

“Determinants of Food Consumption and Caloric Availability in Rural Sierra

Leone: Application of a Farm-Household Model with Several Commodities,” in
Singh, Squire, and Strauss (eds.), Agricultural Household Models: Extensions,
Applications and Policy, Johns Hopkins Press, 1986, pp.116-152.

“Simulating the Rural Economy in a Subsistence Environment” (with Victor

Smith), in Singh, Squire, and Strauss (eds.), Agricultural Household Models:
Extensions, Applications and Policy, Johns Hopkins Press, 1986, pp.206-232.

“Indirect and Direct Taxation of Agriculture in Sudan: The Role of Government in

Agricultural Surplus Extraction: Discussion,” American Journal of Agricultural
Economics, Vol. 70, 1988, pp. 440–441.
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“The Impact of Improved Nutrition on Labor Productivity and Human Resource

Development: An Economic Perspective”, in P. Pinstrup-Andersen (ed.), The
Political Economy of Food and Nutrition Policies, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press,
1993, pp.149-172.

“Human Resources: Empirical Modeling of Household and Family Decisions” (with

Duncan Thomas), in T.N. Srinivasan and Jere Behrman eds., Handbook of
Development Economics, Volume 3A, North Holland Press, 1995, pp.1883-2024.

“Health and Labor Productivity: Sorting Out the Relationships” (with Duncan
Thomas), in G. Peters and D. Hedley (eds.), Agricultural Competitiveness, Market
Forces and Policy Choice, Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference of
Agricultural Economists, Harare, Zimbabwe, August, 1994; Hants, UK: Dartmouth
Publishing, 1995, pp.570-590.

“Measurement and Mismeasurement of Social Indicators” (with Duncan Thomas),

American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 86, No.2., 1996, pp.30-
34.

“Wages, Schooling and Background: Investments in Men and Woman in Urban

Brazil” (with Duncan Thomas), in Nancy Birdsall and Richard Sabot (eds.),
Opportunity Foregone: Education in Brazil, Washington D.C.: Inter-American
Development Bank, 1996, pp.147-192.

“Empirical Modeling of Investments in Health and Nutrition” (with Duncan

Thomas), in Augustin Fosu, Germano Mwabu and Erik Thorbecke (eds.), Poverty
in Africa: Analytical and Policy Perspectives, 2009, Nairobi, University of Nairobi
Press.

“Health over the Life Course” (with Duncan Thomas), in T.P. Schultz and J.
Strauss (eds.), Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4, 2008.

“Private Sector Industrialization in China” (with Edward Y. Qian and Minggao

Shen), in K. Otsuka and K. Kalirajan (eds.). State, Community and Market in
Development: Papers in Honor of Yujiro Hayami, Palgrave Macmillan Publishers,
2010.

“Socioeconomic success and health in later life: Some evidence from the
Indonesia Family Life Survey” (with Firman Witoelar and Bondan Sikoki), in M.
Majmundar and J.P. Smith (eds.), Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging
Data Initiatives, Committee on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the
Challenge of Aging in Asia, National Research Council. Washington D.C.: National
Academies Press, 2012.

“Patterns and Correlates of Intergenerational Non-Time Transfers; Evidence from

CHARLS” (with Xiaoyan Lei, John Giles, Yuqing Hu, Albert Park and Yaohui Zhao),
in M. Majmundar and J.P. Smith (eds.), Aging in Asia: Findings from New and
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Emerging Data Initiatives, Committee on Policy Research and Data Needs to

Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia, National Research Council. Washington D.C.:
National Academies Press, 2012.

“Health care and insurance among the elderly in China: Evidence from the China
Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, Pilot”, (with Hong Hao, Xiaoyan Lei,
Lin Li, Albert Park, Li Yang and Yaohui Zhao), in M. Majmundar and J.P. Smith
(eds.), Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives,
Committee on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in
Asia, National Research Council. Washington D.C.: National Academies Press,
2012.

“Relying on Whom? Poverty and Consumption Financing of China’s Elderly” (with

Albert Park, Yan Shen and Yaohui Zhao), in M. Majmundar and J.P. Smith (eds.),
Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives, Committee on
Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia, National
Research Council. Washington D.C.: National Academies Press, 2012.

“China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)” (with Xinxin Chen,
James Smith, Yafeng Wang and Yaohui Zhao), in Encyclopedia of Geropsychology,
Singapore: Springer Science, forthcoming.

WORKING PAPERS

“Adoption of Rice Varieties in Rio Grande do Sul” (with Robert Evenson, Luis Irias,
David Roth, and Duncan Thomas), processed, 1989.

“Child Anthropometry in Cote d'Ivoire: Estimates from Two Surveys, 1985 and
1986” (with Kalpana Mehra), Living Standards Measurement Study Working
Paper No. 51, World Bank, 1990.

“The Shape of the Calorie-Expenditure Curve” (with Duncan Thomas), Economic

Growth Center Discussion Paper No. 595, Yale University, 1990.

“Health, Nutrition and Economic Development” (with Duncan Thomas), October

1995, RAND Labor and Population Program Working Paper No 95-23.

“Parental Investments in Schooling: The Roles of Gender and Resources in Urban

Brazil” (with Robert Schoeni and Duncan Thomas), January, 1996, RAND Labor
and Population Working Paper No. 96-02.

“Intrahousehold Allocations: A Review of Theories, Empirical Evidence and Policy

Issues” (with Kathleen Beegle), 1996, MSU International Development Working
Paper No.62.
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“Health Care Prices, Health and Labor Outcomes: Experimental Evidence” (with
William Dow, Paul Gertler, Robert Schoeni and Duncan Thomas), January 1997,
RAND Labor and Population Working Paper No. 97-01. Revised for Applied
Economics, October, 2007.

“Education in a Crisis” (with Duncan Thomas, Kathleen Beegle, Elizabeth

Frankenberg, Bondan Sikoki and Graciela Teruel), March 2001, mimeo.

“Economic Crisis Impacts on Children After Three Years: Evidence From the
Indonesia Family Life Survey” (with Kathleen Beegle, Agus Dwiyanto, Daan
Pattinasarany, Bondan Sikoki, Sukamdi and Firman Witoelar), May, 2002, mimeo.

“Indonesian Living Standards Three Years After the Crisis: Evidence From the
Indonesia Family Life Survey” (with Kathleen Beegle, Agus Dwiyanto, Yulia
Herawati, Daan Pattinasarany, Elan Satriawan, Bondan Sikoki, Sukamdi and
Firman Witoelar), October 2002, manuscript.

“The Third Wave of the Indonesia Family Life Survey: Overview and Field Report”
(with Kathleen Beegle, Bondan Sikoki, Agus Dwiyanto, Firman Witoelar and Yulia
Herawati), March 2004, RAND Working Paper WR-144/1-NIA/NICHD.

“User’s Guide for the Indonesia Family Life Survey: Wave 3” (with Kathleen
Beegle, Bondan Sikoki, Agus Dwiyanto, Firman Witoelar and Yulia Herawati),
March 2004, RAND Working Paper WR-144/2-NIA/NICHD.

“Smoking Behavior Among Youth in a Developing Country: The Case of

Indonesia” (with Firman Witoelar and Pungpond Rukumnuaykit), July 2006.

“Determinants of Schooling Outcomes: Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia”

(with Subha Mani and John Hoddinott), February, 2009.

“Private Sector Industrialization in China” (with Edward Y. Qian and Minggao

Shen), September 2009, BREAD Working Paper No 218.

“China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study-Pilot User’s Guide” (with Yaohui
Zhao, Albert Park and Yan Sun), April, 2009, China Center for Economic Research,
Peking University.

“The Fourth Wave of the Indonesia Family Life Survey: Overview and Field Report,
Volume 1” (with Firman Witoelar, Bondan Sikoki and Anna Marie Wattie), April,
2009, RAND Labor and Population Working Paper WR-675/1-NIA/NICHD.

“User’s Guide for the Indonesia Family Life Survey, Wave 4: Volume 2” (with
Firman Witoelar, Bondan Sikoki and Anna Marie Wattie), June 2009, RAND Labor
and Population Working Paper WR-675/2-NIA/NICHD.

“Socioeconomic success and health in later life: Some evidence from the
Indonesia Family Life Survey” (with Firman Witoelar and Bondan Sikoki),
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September, 2009, RAND Labor and Population Working Paper WR-704.

“Health care and insurance among the elderly in China: Evidence from the China
Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, Pilot”, (with Hong Hao, Lin Li, Albert
Park, Li Yang and Yaohui Zhao), September 2009, Department of Economics,
USC.

“Long-term impacts of investments in early schooling: Empirical evidence from

rural Ethiopia” (with Subha Mani and John Hoddinott), BREAD Working Paper No.
288, November, 2010.

“Health outcomes and socio-economic status among the elderly in China:

Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, Pilot” (with
Xiaoyan Lei, Albert Park, Yan Shen, James P. Smith, Zhe Yang and Yaohui Zhao),
August, 2010, RAND Labor and Population Working Paper WR-774; IZA Discussion
Paper No. 5152.

“Cutting the Costs of Attrition: Evidence from the Indonesia Family Life Survey”,
(with Duncan Thomas, Firman Witoelar, Elizabeth Frankenberg, Bondan Sikoki,
Cecep Sumantri and Wayan Suriastini), BREAD Working Paper No. 259, May
2010.

“CHARLS Pilot: Blood-Based Biomarker Documentation” (with Eileen Crimmins,

Jianwei Hu, Peifeng Hu, Wei Huang, Jungki Kim, Yuhui Shi, Lu Zhang and Yaohui
Zhao), manuscript, June 2011.

“The Effects of Childhood Health on Adult Health and SES in China” (with James
P. Smith, Yan Shen, Yang Zhe and Yaohui Zhao), IZA DP No. 5318, RAND Labor
and Population Working Paper WR-809, November 2010, revised July 2011.

“Patterns and Correlates of Intergenerational Non-Time Transfers; Evidence from

CHARLS” (with Xiaoyan Lei, John Giles, Yuqing Hu, Albert Park and Yaohui Zhao),
manuscript, December 2010, revised July 2011 World Bank Policy Research
Working Paper.

“Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China: Evidence from CHARLS” (with

Xiaoyan Lei, Meng Tien and Yaohui Zhao), RAND Labor and Population Working
Paper WR866, August 2011, revised October 2013, May 2012, presented at the
Population Association of America Annual Meetings, August 2013; presented at
the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population World Congress,
Busan Korea.

“Relying on Whom? Poverty and Consumption Financing of China’s Elderly” (with

Albert Park, Yan Shen and Yaohui Zhao), manuscript, September 2011.

“Height, Height Shrinkage, Health at Older Ages and SES: Evidence from China”
(with Wei Huang, Xiaoyan Lei, Geert Ridder and Yaohui Zhao), BREAD Working
Paper No. 334, March 2012; IZA Discussion Paper No. 6489, April, 2012.
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“China health and retirement longitudinal study—2011-2012 national baseline

user’s guide”, (with Yaohui Zhao, Gonghuan Yang, John Giles, Peifeng Hu, Yisong
Hu, Xiaoyan Lei, Man Liu, Albert Park, James P. Smith and Yafeng Wang. China
Center for Economic Research, Peking University. April 2013.

“Health Outcomes and Socio-economic Status Among the Mid-aged and Elderly
in China: Evidence from the CHARLS National Baseline Data”, (with Xiaoyan Lei,
Xiaoting Sun, Yaohui Zhao, Gonghuan Yang, Perry Hu, Yisong Hu and Xiangjun
Yin), April 2013, presented at the Population Association of America annual
meetings, New Orleans.

“Depressive Symptoms and SES Among the Mid-aged and Elderly in China:
Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study”, (with
Xiaoyan Lei, Xiaoting Sun, Peng Zhang and Yaohui Zhao), April 2013, presented
at the Population Association of America annual meetings, New Orleans.

“Challenges of Population Aging in China: Evidence from the National Baseline

Survey of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)” (with
Yaohui Zhao, Albert Park, John Giles, Shangyi Mao, Eileen Crimmins, Peifeng Hu,
Yisong Hu, Xiaoyan Lei, Yan Shen, Xinzheng Shi, James P. Smith, Yafeng Wang,
Xiaoyu Wu, Gonghuan Yang, and Xiangjun Yin), published manuscript, China
Center for Economic Research, Peking University, May 2013.

“Intergenerational Correlation of Health Among Older Adults: Empirical Evidence

from Indonesia” (with Younoh Kim, Bondan Sikoki and Firman Witoelar), RAND
Labor and Population Working Paper WR879, September 2011, revised
September 2013; August, 2013, presented at the International Union for the
Scientific Study of Population World Congress, Busan Korea.

“Estimation of Poverty Transition Matrices With Noisy Data” (with Nayoung Lee
and Geert Ridder), BREAD Working Paper No. 270, August 2010, revised
September 2013.

“IFLS C-Reactive Protein Data User Guide” (with Peifeng Hu, Henny Herningtyas,
Eileen Crimmins, Jung Ki Kim and Bondan Sikoki), RAND Labor and Population
Working Paper WR-675/7-NIA/NICHD, October 2013.

“Indonesia Family Life Survey-East: Study Guide and Field Report” (with Bondan
Sikoki, Firman Witoelar, Erik Meijer and Ni Wayan Suriastini), Survey Meter,
Yogyakarta Indonesia, December 2013.

“China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study- 2011-2012 National Baseline

Blood Data User’s Guide” (with Yaohui Zhao, Eileen Crimmins, Perry Hu, Yisong
Hu, Tao Ge, Jung Ki Kim, Gonghuan Yang, Xiangjun Yin and Yafeng Wang),
National School of Development, Peking University, March 2014.

“Healthy Aging in China” (with Yaohui Zhao and James P. Smith), manuscript,
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April 2014.

“Validation and Quality Control for Dried Blood Spot Based C-Reactive Protein
Assay: Experience from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and the Longitudinal
Study of Aging in India” (with Peifeng Hu, Elizabeth Herningtyas, Varsha Kale,
Eileen Crimmins, Arun Risbud, Heather McCreath, Jinkook Lee, Jennifer O’Brien,
David Bloom and Teresa Seeman), manuscript, October 2014.

“Socioeconomic Status and Metabolic Syndrome Among Older Chinese Adults:

the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study” (with Peifeng Hu, Yaohui
Zhao, Jung Ki Kim, Tao Ge, Yafeng Wang, Xiangjun Yin and Eileen Crimmins),
manuscript, November 2014.

“Prevalence, Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes Mellitus Among Older

Chinese: Results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study” (with
Yaohui Zhao, Eileen Crimmins, Perry Hu, Yang Shen, James P. Smith and Yuan
Zhang), manuscript, April, 2015.

“The Fifth Wave of the Indonesia Family Life Survey: Overview and Field Report,
Volume 1” (with Firman Witoelar and Bondan Sikoki), April, 2016, RAND Labor
and Population Working Paper WR-1143/1-NIA/NICHD.

“User’s Guide for the Indonesia Family Life Survey, Wave 5: Volume 2” (with
Firman Witoelar, and Bondan Sikoki), April 2016, RAND Labor and Population
Working Paper WR-1143/2-NIA/NICHD.

“IFLS Wave 5 Dried Blood Spot Data User Guide” (with Elizabeth Henny
Herningtyas, Perry Hu, Michael Edenfield, Eileen Crimmins, Firman Witoelar, Yuan
Zhang, Jung-Ki Kim and Bondan Sikoki), March 2017, RAND Labor and Population
Working Paper WR-1143/6-NIA/NICHD.

“Gender and Socio-economic Gradients of Cognition Measures: New Evidence

from Indonesia” (with Firman Witoelar and Bondan Sikoki), June 2017,
manuscript.

“China Health and Retirement Study (CHARLS)- 2015 National Wave 3 Sample
Blood Data User Guide” (with Yaohui Zhao, Xinxin Chen, Eileen Crimmins, Peifeng
(Perry) Hu, Jung Ki Kim, Qinqin Meng, Yafeng Wang and Yuan Zhang), June 2017,
manuscript.

“Cognition and SES Relationships Among the Mid-aged and Elderly: A

Comparison of China and Indonesia” (with Firman Witoelar, Qinqin Meng, Xinxin
Chen, Yaohui Zhao, Bondan Sikoki and Yafeng Wang), September 2017,
manuscript.

“Smoking in a developing country: The socio-economic determinants of smoking

in Indonesia” (with Margaret Triyana, Firman Witoelar, and Pungpond
Rukumnuaykit), September 2017, manuscript.
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“Ambient Air Pollution and Cognition in China” (with Yafeng Wang, Tao Zhang and
Yaohui Zhao), September 2017, manuscript.

BOOK REVIEWS

Jeffrey James, Consumer Choice in the Third World, in Journal of Development

Economics, Vol. 16, 1984, pp. 347–348.

Allen Kelley and Jeffrey Williamson, What Drives Third World City Growth? A
Dynamic General Equilibrium Approach, in Journal of Economic Literature , Vol.
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S.R. Osmani (ed.), Nutrition and Poverty in Journal of Economic Literature, Vol.
33, 1995, pp.860-862.
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REFERENCES

Professor Mark R. Rosenzweig

Department of Economics
Yale University
PO Box 208269
New Haven, CT 06520

Professor T. Paul Schultz

Department of Economics
Yale University
PO Box 208269
New Haven, CT 06520

Professor Duncan Thomas

Department of Economics
Duke University
Box 90097
Durham, NC 27708

Professor Christopher Udry

Department of Economics
Yale University
PO Box 208269
New Haven, CT 06520

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