Height and well-being during the transition from plan to market
利用新数据重新评估前共产主义国家从计划向市场转型对客观和主观福祉的影响，发现早期改革导致出生在转型开始时的群体身高矮约1厘米，但经历过转型的群体如今教育更好、生活满意度更高。
SUMMARY Kleine-Rueschkamp, and Elena Nikolova?>Using newly available data, we re-evaluate the impact of transition from plan to market in former communist countries on objective and subjective well-being. We find clear evidence of the high social cost of early transition reforms: cohorts born around the start of transition are about 1 cm shorter than their older or younger peers. We provide suggestive evidence on the importance on mechanisms that partially explain these results: the decline of GDP per capita and the deterioration of healthcare systems. On the bright side, we find that cohorts that experienced transition in their infancy are now better educated and more satisfied with their lives than their counterparts. Taken together, our results imply that the transition process has been a traumatic experience, but that its negative impact has largely been overcome.