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 …

This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort …-in-Differences approach. The analysis is based on official records covering all individuals insured by the public health system in Germany and …-dimensionality in these health effects. The empirical findings reflect the multi-dimensionality but allow for deriving two broader …

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 …

children in the medium-run. I combine detailed household-level data on more than 36,000 children with geo-coded information on … 0.13 standard deviations and lowers cognitive and behavioral skills of children. Leveraging information on the severity …

One theory for why there is an education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more quickly … absorb new health-related information. The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) controversy provides a case where, for a short …