. Evidence on intervening pathways suggests that health rather than schooling is the most important channel in connecting early …

health capital. Individuals exposed to the war at all ages between birth and adolescence exhibit reduced adult stature and …

health, the largest impacts stem from adolescent exposure. …

health, and cognitive outcomes of children. Our findings suggest that light-touch nutrition information alone, even when …Lack of information about health risks may limit the adoption of improved nutritional and healthy behavior. This paper … studies the effect of a nutrition information intervention on household dietary behavior, hemoglobin levels, and cognitive …

generation, males (females) tend to have higher mental health scores if their paternal grandfather (maternal grandmother) was …

This paper studies the causal effect of maternal and paternal unemployment on child health in China, analyzing panel … paternal unemployment reduces child health, while maternal unemployment has beneficial child health impacts. Analysis of … certain health investments, including children's diets. Our results support the notion that traditional gender roles can …

-term outcomes, including lifetime income, health, cognitive skills, and education. Our results show that the school lunch program … attainment and health and these effects can explain a large part of the return to school lunches. …

stunting differs between urban (14.9%) and rural (19.6%) areas and how the drivers of poor nutrition vary spatially. The …. Even more important, although under-nutrition retains a strong spatial component, once observable differences in living …