a range of health behaviors. Using longitudinal survey data that include pre- and post- reports from the same … individuals, we investigate the effects of the crisis on smoking, heavy drinking, dietary behaviors, sleep, and other health … behaviors and investigate changes in work hours, real income, wealth, and mental health as potential mediators. We also consider …

an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions … over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child health which are currently outside the boundaries of conventional …

mental health in a sample of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). We analyze the health records of 231 monkeys which were … detrimental long-term effects on health which are not compensated by a normal social environment later in life …

of a child with a random and serious health problem (versus the birth of a healthy infant) on the likelihood that the …, we find that the shock of having a child with a serious health problem increases both the father's post-birth conviction … and incarceration by 1 to 8 percentage points, depending on the measure of infant health used …

This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U … early life interventions for promoting health …

An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks … negative early health shocks at ages 0-3, the other twin sibling who did suffer negative health shocks received RMB 305 more in … terms of health investments, but received RMB 182 less in terms of educational investments in the 12 months prior to the …

We estimate the effects of having a child in poor health on the mother's receipt of both cash assistance and in …-kind public support in the form of food, health care, and shelter. We control for a rich set of covariates, include state fixed … effects, and test for the potential endogeneity of child health. Mothers with children in poor health are 5 percentage points …

We examine the extent to which infant health production functions are sensitive to model specification and measurement …-standard covariates (NSCs), input reporting, and characterization of infant health. The TUVs represent wantedness, taste for risky … behavior, and maternal health endowment. The NSCs include father and family structure characteristics. We estimate effects of …

child health on father presence. We look at whether parents live in the same household 12-18 months after the child's birth … involved) during the same period. We find that having an infant in poor health reduces the likelihood that parents will live …