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 …

Many children grow up with parents working abroad. Economists are interested in the achievement and well-being of these … home alone children to better understand the positive and negative aspects of migration in the sending countries. This … paper examines the causal effects of parents' migration on their children left home in Romania, a country where increasingly …

during childhood using data from a longitudinal study, the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, starting at birth. Our work … characteristics of children. Third, we examine the skill development for girls and boys separately, as well as for children who were …

, die Anzahl Kinder im Haushalt, das Haushaltseinkommen sowie der Besuch einer Bildungseinrichtung keinen Zusammenhang mit …

und Kompetenzen auch im Schulalter und im Erwerbsleben ist. Für benachteiligte Kinder scheint somit die …

well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological …

adolescence. We analyse the predictive power of these abilities, initial risk conditions and home resources for children …'s achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological cohort study, which follows … preschool age contribute to the prediction of children's achievement at school age. …

significantly poorer health. For example, the father's body mass index (BMI) is a predictor for their children's BMI. Mothers who …The prevalence and importance of children's physical health problems have been increasingly recognized in recent years …. Physical health problems of children such as obesity, motor impairment and chronic diseases cause social costs. Further, they …