decreases, and the two have different implications for human health. An alternative measure for net current biological …

and birth outcomes in forecasting child health (as indicated by height and weight), child behavioral problems, and a child …

We estimate and decompose family income-related inequality in child health in the US and analyze its dynamics using the … income-related health mobility index recently introduced by Allanson et al., 2010. Data come from the 1997, 2002, and 2007 … income-related child health inequality remains stable from early childhood into adolescence. The main factor underlying …

monitoring through routine health checkups for all young children (0-6 years) in China. Using data on the program's county … evaluate a pediatric healthcare program, the Systematic Management of Children (SMC), which offers growth and development … provide evidence of several underlying mechanisms, including improved physical and mental health, better educational outcomes …

with universal health care and free education is likely to be protective for children. …We study the consequences of mothers' and fathers' job loss for parents, families, and children. Rich Swedish register … propensity score matching and controlling for pre-displacement outcomes. Our overall conclusion is positive: childhood health …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …

We explore the effects of a child labor regulation that changed the legal working age from 14 to 16 over the health of … their offspring. We show that the reform was detrimental for the health of the son's of affected parents at delivery. Yet …, in the medium run, the effects of the reform are insignificant for both male and female children. The sons of treated …

with regard to mothers ́mental health. Overall, there is evidence that mothers placing their children in formal day care … concerned with how mothers ́mental and physical health is affected by whether they place their child in formal day care or not … indicate that mothers are in a worse physical condition if their children attend formal care, whereas no such effect is found …

earnings. This paper examines the role of health at birth in determining academic achievement in childhood, which may provide … data set. In particular, this alternative estimator allows us to exploit the information on children with no siblings in … effects concentrated in the low birthweight range. Infant health measures appear to explain little of the well …

fetal growth rate is negatively associated with disruptive behaviors among male children. These results suggest that …