of children ages 5 to 12. We examine whether wealth prior to birth and at ages 4 or 5 affects academic test scores and … children. We also examine associations between different forms of wealth (e.g., home equity) and child achievement and …

In this paper, we investigate the association between weight and children's educational achievement, as measured by … 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which contains a large, national sample of children …-invariant characteristics of the child. Our results suggest that, in general, children who are overweight or obese have achievement test scores …