children born in the state of Florida between 1994 and 2002, this paper examines the short and long-term effects of prenatal … exposure to environmental toxicants on children living within two miles of a Superfund site, toxic waste sites identified by … conceived after the site cleanup was completed using a family fixed effects model. Children conceived to mothers living within 2 …

An estimated 20 million children born each year are at risk of brain damage from in utero iodine deficiency, the only … improvements in cognitive ability attributable to the intervention by assessing whether children who benefited from IOC in utero … exhibit higher rates of grade progression at ages 10 to 14 relative to siblings and older and younger children in the district …

children, but the effects on long-term health are overall negligible. However, we demonstrate that the schooling reform had …

The objective of this study is to use data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS … publicly-insured children in states that raised fees vs. in states that did not. We also consider a triple difference … specification using privately-insured children as the comparison group. Our findings indicate that raising the Medicaid primary care …

children respond to healthcare prices. We find that free care significantly increases outpatient spending, with price …

on educational policy in developing countries. Unique panel data on primary school age children in Egypt permit …

of conflict and stagnation. We illustrate the model by analyzing the rise of civilization in Sumeria and Egypt, the first …