early health shocks for children. We estimate a human capital production function and establish that, for this sample, early …An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks … negative early health shocks at ages 0-3, the other twin sibling who did suffer negative health shocks received RMB 305 more in …

implications for population health and the environment: improved cookstoves. Motivated by a model of intra-household decision …

detailed insurance claims data on three classes of vehicles to implement a difference-in-differences estimation strategy to …

invest more in children and less in market-specific human capital and thus have lower earnings. We revisit these and other …

children at birth. This work sheds new light on the health production process as well as observed income gradients in health … may provide an alternative explanation for the well-established finding that child health improves when mothers control a … selection into violent relationships, I find that violence against pregnant women negatively affects the health of their …

sex ratio (males to females) in two generations -- those prenatally exposed and their children -- presumably through …

-school age children but did not benefit children who were older. We exploit the variation in access to the program generated by …, triggered by the program, had an impact on women's attitudes towards matters that impact women's health and on attitudes … regarding violence against women. An increase in education has also reduced the number of desired children by women and …

mental health in a sample of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). We analyze the health records of 231 monkeys which were … detrimental long-term effects on health which are not compensated by a normal social environment later in life. …

which illustrates that evidence of a causal relationship between a shock in early childhood and a future outcome says little … years of education. Yet while children can be permanently damaged at this age, an important message is that the damage can …

receiving a child care subsidy among disadvantaged mothers with young children. In particular, we collect data on the location … care subsidies on children's weight outcomes. Our instrumental variables estimates suggest that subsidized child care leads … to sizeable increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among low-income children. …