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Journal Articles

Changes in Rural China's Caregiver Outcomes, Behaviours, and Health Services Utilisation Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Observational Study

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Journal of Global Health, 2025

Background
Under-resourced communities in rural China have long faced limitations in accessing and utilising caregiver and child healthcare (CCH). The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated health inequities globally, while its precise impacts on CCH remain understudied. We report differences in parental migration, maternal mental health, household and nutrition expenditures, child feeding practices, and prenatal, postnatal, and childbirth care following pandemic lockdowns in rural China.

Methods
We compared two groups of families with children who grew to the age of six months either before or during lockdowns. We enrolled eligible households from 80 rural townships, randomly selected from four poverty-designated counties in Sichuan Province, China. We interviewed the control group of primary caregivers in November and December of 2019 (pre-COVID-19), and the case group in May of 2020 (approximately five months into the pandemic). Statistical analyses included t tests and linear regressions with adjustments. P-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.

Results
Compared to the control group, the case group presented significantly lower paternal migration and more favourable maternal mental health. Caregiving behaviours (including household and nutrition expenditures) and child feeding practices did not differ, except for higher spending on infant micronutrient supplements. Prenatal health services utilisation, including home visits, was slightly higher, while postnatal services utilisation was lower.

Conclusions
Our findings suggest that many aspects of CCH in rural China were similar or improved during the early pandemic lockdowns. These data highlight the importance of promoting targeted public health interventions, such as mental health support initiatives, accessible perinatal care options, and family-centred education campaigns, in under-resourced communities and during future healthcare crises.

Working Papers

Unlocking Korean Market Value

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Conference Memos

Travelling narratives: how Russian propaganda transforms cross-borders and between sources. Case of the peace negotiations 2025.

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2025

Conference Memos

Intersection of Rural Education and the War Effort in Russia

2025

Conference Memos

Aging, Alcohol, and Attrition: The Economic and Political Ramifications of Public Health in Contemporary Russia

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2025

Conference Memos

Comparative Analysis of National Literature Education in the United States and Russia

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2025

Conference Memos

Russia's Narratives, BRICS Strategies, and Economic Engagement with the Global South

2025

Conference Memos

Russian Colonialism and Imperial Ambitions: Case Studies of Donbas, Abkhazia, and Chechnya

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2025

Books

McNamara At War: A New History

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2025

Journal Articles

Material incentives and effort choice: Evidence from an online experiment across countries

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Games and Economic Behavior, 2025

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Place Attachments: Theory and Measurement for Political Science

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Political Behavior, 2025

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Countering Brain Drain Through Circulation and Linkage: Illustrations and Lessons from China and India

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International Migration Review, 2025

Journal Articles

Does the Bukele Model Have a Future?

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Foreign Affairs, 2025

Books

The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China

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2025

Working Papers

The Political Economy of Global Stock Exchange Competition

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European Corporate Governance Institute, 2025

Working Papers

Profitable Misconduct, Corporate Governance, and Law Enforcement

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Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper Forthcoming, 2025

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Let the Public Govern AI

Tech Policy Press, 2025

Journal Articles

Promoting development in ethnically divided societies: Historical lessons on peace and prosperity

VoxDev, 2025

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Scientia, 2025

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Perspectives on Politics, 2025

Journal Articles

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Foreign Policy, 2025

Journal Articles

Income-Related Disparities in the Value of Health Care in South Korea

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Health Affairs Scholar, 2025

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2025 Chey-Stanford-KFAS Sustainable Democracy Roundtable Report

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