Mothers' Pension program--the first government-sponsored welfare program in the US (1911-1935) --and matched them to census …, WWII and death records. Male children of accepted applicants lived one year longer than those of rejected mothers. Male … children of accepted mothers received one-third more years of schooling, were less likely to be underweight, and had higher …

effects, and test for the potential endogeneity of child health. Mothers with children in poor health are 5 percentage points …

greater exposure to WIC is associated with less smoking, improved weight gain during pregnancy, better birth outcomes, and …, inconsistent associations between WIC and smoking, limited associations with gestational weight gain, and some relationship with …