This paper investigates the sensitivity of the intergenerational transmission of health to exogenous changes in income … maternal health by (relative) height. We find that improvements in maternal education, income and public health provision that …, education and public health, changes that are often delivered by economic growth. It uses individual survey data on 2.24 million …

health and survival. But equal rates of growth often deliver unequal rates of poverty reduction and absolute deprivation is … income, indicating the size of survival gains from redistribution in favour of households below the poverty line. The poverty … in poverty on infant survival. We identify a significant within-state relationship which persists conditional upon state …

-2000, and we merge these with historical data on macro-economic outcomes and health indicators. We estimate duration models and …

after the introduction of sulfa experienced increases in schooling, income, and the probability of employment, and …, larger and more robust to specification for men than for women. With the exception of cognitive disability and poverty for …

Using longitudinal income-tax registers, we study how past labour market outcomes affect current labour market … welfare/non-participation. Our main finding is that after longer periods of employment with high income, individuals …

This paper investigates the impact of parental education on child health outcomes. To identify the causal effect we … leaving age by one year had little effect on the health of their offspring. Schooling did however improve economic … opportunities by reducing financial difficulties among households. We conclude from this that the effects of parental income on …

public health provision since the costs of poor services in this domain are disproportionately borne by women. Accounting for … are more likely to build public health facilities and encourage antenatal care, institutional delivery and immunization …