Transmission of Health Disadvantage and the Disruptive Effect of Education Across Three Generations:Evidence from China
Using the CHARLS dataset,this paper investigates the transmission of health disad-vantageacross three generations within the grandparents-parents-children(G1-G2-G3)frame-work.The findings affirm the substantial presence of both intergenerational and cross-generational transmissions of health disadvantage within Chinese households.Intergenerational transmission underscores that grandparents'health disadvantage significantly heighten the likelihood of parents'health disadvantage,while parental health disadvantage distinctively escalate the probability of children's health disadvantage.Cross-generational transmission manifests as that grandparents'health disadvantage remarkably exacerbate the odds of children's health disadvantages.Further-more,this paper reveals that the completion of compulsory education by parents yields a statisti-cally significant yet relatively restrained disruptive effect on the transmission of health disadvan-tage.This underscores the imperative that averting health disadvantage transmission demands strategies extending beyond educational enhancements.The mechanism analysis illuminates that education contributes to the enhancement of individual health behaviors,attainment of more fa-vorable occupations,higher incomes,and augmented social support networks,consequently ef-fectively diminishing the odds of health disadvantage for individuals and their descendants.
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