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ArticleFrontiers in public health2021

Is Health Contagious?-Based on Empirical Evidence From China Family Panel Studies' Data.

Feng Hu, Xiaojiao Shi, Haiyan Wang, Nan Nan, Kui Wang, Shaobin Wei, Zhao Li, Shanshan Jiang, Hao Hu, Shuang Zhao

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Feng HuGlobal Value Chain Research Center, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.
Xiaojiao ShiGlobal Value Chain Research Center, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.
Haiyan WangSchool of Economics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Nan NanSchool of Economics and Management, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China.
Kui WangSchool of Economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Shaobin WeiInternational Business Research Institute, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.
Zhao LiSchool of Master of Business Administration, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.
Shanshan JiangInternational Business Research Institute, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.
Hao HuSchool of Economics, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
Shuang ZhaoInternational Business Research Institute, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.
Zhejiang Gongshang University · CNEast China Normal University · CNHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNShanghai University · CNShihezi University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study empirically analysed the contagion of health using data from China Family Panel Studies. We first controlled variables related to health behaviour, medical conditions, individual characteristics, household characteristics, group characteristics, and prefecture/county characteristics and then employed multiple methods for estimation. The estimates showed that the average health level of others in the community had a significant positive effect on individual self-rated health-health was contagious. The measurement results remained robust after the endogeneity of the core explanatory variables was controlled using two-stage least squares. Furthermore, by analysing the heterogeneity of health contagion, we found that the contagion effect of health varied with the level of medical care, household affiliation, gender, rural/urban areas, and age groups. The contagion effect of health was more pronounced in the elderly population and the rural areas of the central region, where the level of medical care is relatively low, whereas it did not differ significantly between genders. Finally, the learning or imitation mechanism and social interaction mechanism of health contagion were examined.

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Health StatusRural PopulationAgedChinaFamily CharacteristicsFemaleHumansMalecontagioncontagion mechanismendogeneity controlhealthhealth in Chinaself-rated health

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