once the shock is over. Specifically, we focus on individuals who were children during World War II and assess the …-collected historical data on the number of livestock at the local level with microdata on eating habits, health outcomes, and food … individuals who as children were more exposed to meat scarcity tend to consume relatively more meat and spend more on food during …

of a large daycare expansion in Germany on children's age-specific mental and physical health outcomes. Based on a unique …Over the past decades, the share of very young children in daycare has increased significantly in many OECD countries …, including Germany. Despite the relevance of child health for child development and later life success, the effect of early …

suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder …'s pregnancy have a poorer general health and are sick more often than people who were not exposed. This effect is especially … pronounced among older people, who, when exposed, also report health problems more often that are indicative of coronary heart …

-intensity mentoring program can improve long-run education outcomes of low SES children and reduce inequality of opportunity. Low SES …Inequality of opportunity strikes when two children with the same academic performance are sent to diff erent quality … children are signi ficantly less likely to enter the academic track if they come from low socio-economic status (SES) families …

The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger …

Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host … exposure to a higher own-ethnic concentration impairs immigrant children's host-country language proficiency and increases …