identify average treatment effects of skills on performance in a variety of tasks. The program substantially improves child …

may be driven by other factors that affect marital status at birth, post-conception marriage decisions, and later child … relationship between never-married motherhood and child outcomes for blacks and Hispanics, at least for the children of women whose …

model specifications that controlled for a variety of observed characteristics of the child and his or her mother, and time …-invariant characteristics of the child. Our results suggest that, in general, children who are overweight or obese have achievement test scores …

This paper exploits a natural experiment to estimate the causal impact of parental education on child health in Taiwan …

(including body mass index and obesity) controlling for a rich set of child, parent, and family characteristics. The findings …

We use data from the 11 waves of the U.S. Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development 1991-2005, following children … 7, 11 and 16 in the U.K. National Child Development Survey 1958 cohort show larger effects. The extra gains persist when …-looking children, any relation between looks and a child's behavior, his/her victimization by bullies or self-confidence. Results from …