We estimate the effect of maternal education on birth outcomes using data from the Vital Statistics Natality files for … 1970 to 1999. We also assess the importance of four potential channels through which maternal education may improve birth … education on changes in birth outcomes. Second, we have compiled a new data set on openings of two and four year colleges …

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, where over 70 million … children aged 0-5 are at risk of developmental deficits. The inputs into the production functions include parental background … development …

response of schooling to risk. We develop a model that incorporates, dynamic complementarity in the education production … the household. We test the model using data from rural India, focusing particularly on the schooling of girls. We find … risk-reducing effect of the NREGS may offset adverse effects on child education that were evident during the NREGS phase …

economic growth and public education is evaluated: both have a positive, significant, and substantial effect on …