This paper provides new empirical evidence on the impact of parental health shocks on investments in children …, more precise, health indicators. Results show that co-living children of ill mothers, but not of ill fathers, are … shocks are likely to raise the employment probability of children due to the need to cover higher health expenditures. …

less educated. Effects on income are small and mostly insignificant. We investigate some of the mechanisms which may be …

smoking one cigarette per day during adolescence can lower students’ scores on mathematics tests by about 0.08 standard …

have advocated increasing the amount of time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes …

In response to increased risks of second-hand smoke exposure for children travelling in cars and its resulting … deleterious health impacts, several jurisdictions passed legislation that bans smoking in private vehicles when children are … cars for children. Further, there appears no marked increase in smoking at home after the implementation of the legislation. …

from the IDEFICS study of children aged 2–9 in 16 regions of eight European countries. Based on such data as accelerometer …