. Wealthier parents may have more advantaged children because they have more income to buy health care or because parental wealth …There is a growing literature that shows that higher family income is associated with better health for children … is associated with beneficial behaviours or because parental health is associated with both income and children¿s health …

of lowering childhood respiratory conditions. Using a large cohort study (the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and … Children) we find significant inequalities in three respiratory conditions in middle childhood. We investigate eight potential … mediating factors: exposure to other children in infancy, child’s diet, poor housing conditions, maternal smoking, parental …

survey data covering 278,000 children in 45 low-income countries. We find that parents’ education and a mother’s propensity …Why do over 20% of children die in some poor countries, while in others only 2% die? We examine this question using … treatment services, we find that public and private health systems are “equally unequal”, that is, both tend to favor children …