health scores if their paternal grandfather (maternal grandmother) was exposed to a famine during preadolescence. These …

We estimate average causal effects of early-life hunger on late-life health by applying instrumental variable …

Using data of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) earnings differentials between self-employed and wage … considerably higher earnings than wage-employed workers. Furthermore, there is a significant and positive effect on earnings when …

on earnings. Our finding of an implied optimum bmi in the overweight range could indicate that the recent rise in weight …

regular employment position. Second, foreigners seem to gain more from self-employment relative to Germans. The earnings …

This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes … significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behaviour for adolescent …

child health can provide an important explanation for disparities in children's human capital development across different …-cognitive skills. We analyze data from economic experiments with preschoolers and their mothers to investigate whether child health can … willingness to compete with others. Our findings suggest that health problems arenegatively related to children's willingness to …

future net-income risks. The uncertainty measure takes into account the interdependency of labour market status and health …

This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three …. Secondly, we are able to follow the effect of pollution exposure on a child's health during the first three years of life … significantly negative impact for some pollutants on infant health during early childhood. In comparison to outdoor pollution …