problems and obesity of male children at ages 12 and 13. It also lowers depression and obesity among adolescents, and reduces …

This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at … Canada. Second, large differences in cognitive outcomes exist in all countries between children from disadvantaged … which children at the top of the SES distribution out-perform those in the middle. Third, disparities in social and …

children with moderate levels of 'special educational needs' in England. We show that the decentralized design of the policy … generates significant variations in access to remediation resources across children with similar prior levels of difficulty … ineffective for 'treated' children. In the second part of our analysis, we use demographic variation within schools to consider …

educational progress. We also find a strong tendency for observers to understate the problems of older children and adolescents …

children increases. In these advanced economies the negative impact on fertility deriving from the fact that fewer pregnancies …

This paper uses propensity score matching methods to investigate the relationship between breastfeeding and children … and noncognitive development is weaker, and is restricted to children of less educated mothers. We conclude that … interventions which increase breastfeeding rates would improve not only children's health, but also their cognitive skills, and …