of public health interventions for children exposed to lead. This paper estimates the long-term impacts of early … referrals) recommended for lead-poisoned children. Using linked administrative data from Charlotte, NC, we compare outcomes for … children who are similar across observable characteristics but differ in eligibility for intervention due to blood lead test …

respond to children's endowments and to differences in endowments among siblings? Parental investment decisions depend both on … parental preferences regarding inequality in the distribution of their children's quality and on how costly it is for parents … to add to their children's quality by investing in their human capital (or the price effect). Our empirical strategy …

the mother's health and health-related behaviours and exposures are systematically positively associated with the …

impacts on women's labour supply, or on investments in children. Using data for developing countries and the United States, we …

Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal …

children who have a sibling in poor health persistently lag behind other children in their cognitive development - but only for …We explore the extent to which starting primary school earlier by up to one year can help shield children from the … Australian Children, we employ a Regression Discontinuity Design based on birthday eligibility cut-offs. We find that Australian …

. Using Danish administrative data linking parents experiencing plant closures to their children, we compare end … taking, scores, and high school enrolment among children exposed during infancy (age 0-1). Effects are largest for low …-income families and low-achieving children. The causal chain from job loss to education likely works through reduced family income …

development, but it is still not clear whether parents respond to changes across time in their child's skills and health. Using … the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, we measure parental investments by considering the time parents spend with … their child doing formative activities. By adopting a child fixed-effect instrumental variable estimation to address …

Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … hypothetical investment scenarios. We show that perceived returns are predictive of health investments and outcomes, and that less … educated parents perceive the returns to health investments to be lower, thus contributing to the socioeconomic inequality in …

affects her children's health, but is also intrinsically linked to her spouse's labor market status and earnings. Paternal … negative effects on their children are compounded. Additionally, the consequences of poor parental health are enduring. Longer …This paper investigates the economic returns to parental health. To account for potential endogeneity between parental …