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Does early-life famine exposure lead to healthy later-life dietary behavior: Evidence from the great Chinese famine 早年遭受饥荒是否会导致晚年健康的饮食行为？来自中国大饥荒的证据。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-11-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101446

Yiru Wang , Ting Shi , Wenbin Zang

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Employee well-being in the digital age: Assessing the impacts of a smartphone application in the workplace 数字时代的员工福利：评估智能手机应用程序对工作场所的影响。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101445

Toshiaki Aizawa , Hiroko Okudaira , Ritsu Kitagawa , Sachiko Kuroda , Hideo Owan

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Fiscal externalities and underinvestment in early-life human capital: Optimal policy instruments for a developing country 财政外部性与生命早期人力资本投资不足：发展中国家的最佳政策工具

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101444

Nicholas Lawson , Dean Spears

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Teen parent trap? The education and labor implications of motherhood and fatherhood during the transition from adolescence to adulthood in Cebu, the Philippines 青少年父母陷阱？在菲律宾宿务，从青春期向成年过渡期间，母亲和父亲身份对教育和劳动的影响。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101443

Kritika Sen Chakraborty , Kira M. Villa

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The physical well-being of Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest: Anthropometric evidence from British Columbia’s jails, 1864–1913 西北太平洋地区土著社区的身体健康：1864-1913 年不列颠哥伦比亚省监狱的人体测量学证据。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101442

Kris Inwood , Ian Keay

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Discrimination backfires? Minority ethnic disparities in vaccine hesitancy 歧视适得其反？少数族裔在疫苗接种犹豫不决方面的差异。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-10-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101441

Joan Costa-Font, Fatima Docrat

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Health benefits of air pollution reduction: Evidence from economic slowdown in India 减少空气污染对健康的益处：印度经济放缓的证据。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101437

Olexiy Kyrychenko

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Social inequalities in adult mortality across Europe (18th-21st centuries): A critical analysis of theories and evidence 欧洲成人死亡率的社会不平等（18 世纪至 21 世纪）：对理论和证据的批判性分析。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101438

Víctor Antonio Luque de Haro

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High temperatures and traffic accident crimes: Evidence from more than 470,000 offenses in China 高温与交通事故犯罪：来自中国 47 万多起交通事故的证据。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-10-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101440

Meng Wang, Shiying Zhang

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The fattening speed: Understanding the impact of internet speed on obesity, and the mediating role of sedentary behaviour 发胖的速度：了解网速对肥胖的影响以及久坐行为的中介作用

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-10-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101439

Michelle I-Hsuan Lin , Sefa Awaworyi Churchill , Klaus Ackermann

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