Using unique panel data, we compare cognitive performance and wagering behavior of children (10-11 years) with adults … with adults, and, while girls take more risk than women, boys take less risk than men. We also find that female behavior is …

impact both younger and older children. The average treated student in our setting has an expected income reduction of $5 …

Air pollution generates vast health burdens and economic costs around the world. Pollution exposure varies greatly …

insurance (WICI) in Ethiopia. We use an endogenous switching (ESP) model to address self-selection and simultaneity bias …

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

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 …

The variation in life-expectancy and health outcomes across countries and cohorts is striking. While medical progress … and climatic factors have received much attention, there is only relatively little we know about the health impact of … cumulative childhood exposure to democracy shapes adult health outcomes. It is found that growing up in bad regimes lastingly …

-born cohorts. -- famine ; health ; regression discontinuity ; Greece …