This paper investigates the sensitivity of the intergenerational transmission of health to exogenous changes in income … children born to 600000 mothers during 1970-2000 in 38 developing countries. These data are merged with macroeconomic data by … aggregate shocks and trends in unobservables within countries, while a panel of children within mother is exploited to control …

and occupation at age 36-40, and pension income at age 71.Leveraging quasi-random variation in eligibility by birth date …, we find very substantial increases in employment (especially in the public sector) and income among women, alongside …

after the introduction of sulfa experienced increases in schooling, income, and the probability of employment, and …

impacts of war exposure on education. War exposed men marry later and have fewer children. War exposure of mothers (but not …

impacts on women's labour supply, or on investments in children. Using data for developing countries and the United States, we …

, reducing hospitalization costs and the foregone income of mothers and improving the long-run socioeconomic outcomes of children …