In this paper, we investigate the association between weight and children's educational achievement, as measured by … 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which contains a large, national sample of children …-invariant characteristics of the child. Our results suggest that, in general, children who are overweight or obese have achievement test scores …

of children ages 5 to 12. We examine whether wealth prior to birth and at ages 4 or 5 affects academic test scores and … children. We also examine associations between different forms of wealth (e.g., home equity) and child achievement and …

The authors use data from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (C-NLSY79) to examine gender … children. In contrast, there are no penalties for men who were headstrong or for women who were dependent. While other child …

enrollment, work and healthcare use of young children and adolescents in Vietnam. To do so, we exploit variation in tariff …-migrants, but fell among migrants, with the opposite pattern for working. For children (7 to 14), enrolment did not change among non … increased for both children and adolescents. We find evidence that healthcare utilization decreased for both children and …

, are other consequences of the minimum wage that stem from changes in a household's income and labor supply. We examine the … effects of the minimum wage on child health. We employ data from the National Survey of Children's Health in conjunction with …