,000 children born between 1979 and 1987 in the Canadian province of Manitoba. These children are followed until 2006, and their … records are linked to provincial registries with outcomes data. We compare children with health conditions to their own …

between two possible explanations. The first is that low-SES children are less able to respond to a given health shock. The … second is that low SES children experience more shocks. We show, using panel data on Canadian children that: 1) the gradient … we estimate in the cross section is very similar to that estimated previously using U.S. children; 2) both high and low …

Although mental disorders are common among children, we know little about their long term effects on child outcomes …. This paper examines U.S. and Canadian children with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression … representative samples of children from both countries. Second, we focus on "screeners" that were administered to all children in our …

A vast literature has examined the impact of family income on the health and development outcomes of children. One … channel through which increased income may operate is an improvement in a family's ability to provide food, shelter, clothing … investigated the relationship between income and the psychological wellbeing of the family. By reducing stress and conflict, more …

, second we use a variety of measures of infant health, and finally we track children through their schooling years and into …

. We examine U.S. and Canadian children with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the most common … child mental health problem. Our innovations include the use of large nationally representative samples of children, the use … of questions administered to all children rather than focusing only on diagnosed cases, and the use of sibling fixed …

The past 25 years has seen substantial change in the social safety nets for families with children in the US and Canada … countries, absolutely and relative to a control group of single women without children. The cross-country differences in … declined in both countries with more of the decline coming through market income in the U.S. and benefit income in Canada …

We study the relationship between in utero exposure to military exercises and children's early-life health outcomes in …

A vast literature has examined the impact of family income on the health and development outcomes of children. Income … may improve child outcomes through two mechanisms. First, income may improve development outcomes if it improves a family …, and health care. Second, by reducing stress and conflict, additional income helps to foster an environment more conducive …