We estimate a system of three behavioral equations for Brazilian children and teenagers (school absenteeism, health … causality mechanisms between these three components (school absenteeism, health status and child labor) can occur either way, it …

The economic and psychological literatures have demonstrated that early investments (private and public) in children … countries, implying that mothers spend less time with their children and that families rely more on external sources of …

This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in … their twenties. The iconic programs are omnibus in nature and offer many services to children and their parents. We compare …

Hundreds of millions of children in less developed countries suffer from poor health and nutrition. Children in most … in developed countries. Recent research has shown that poor health and nutrition among children reduces their time in … school and their learning during that time. This implies that programs or policies that increase children's health status …

We revisit the cyclical nature of birth rates and infant health and investigate to what extent the relationship between … provide novel evidence that infant health is countercyclical based on timing of conception, but procyclical based on time in … utero. The negative relationship between the in utero aggregate unemployment rate and infant health also disappears when …

worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health … interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests that both types of interventions may benefit not only child health …

children's vaccinations in the most remote areas from the closest health facility. Despite this improvement, we find that …-up remain low in developing countries. We analyze the effects on child vaccinations of a large-scale community-based health … worker program that aimed to reach remote areas distant from public health facilities in Madagascar. We identify these …

Firearm violence is a pervasive public health crisis in the United States, with significant numbers of homicides … consequences of stress induced by these attacks on newborn health. We use two approaches to examine this question. First, we …, led to significant terror and disruptions in daily life over a three-week period. We compare birth outcomes of children …

local violence prior to conception has detrimental effects on infant health at birth. The results suggest that loss of women …'s human capital and deterioration of mental health are potential underlying mechanisms behind the adverse effects …

Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal … endowments and investments (education and smoking in pregnancy) on the probability of having a baby who is small for gestational …