health of low income families. A large body of literature evaluates the extent to which the Supplemental Program for Women … Infants and Children (WIC) has accomplished this goal, but most studies have been based on research designs that compare … estimate the impact of the program on infant health. We find that the implementation of WIC lead to an increase in average …

In this paper we examine the link between retrospectively reported measures of childhood health and the prevalence of … Health and Retirement Study and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing - nationally representative surveys of the age 50 … plus population in America and England respectively. We show that the origins of poorer adult health among older Americans …

known to be sensitive to medical intervention and are objective measures of children's health. The results of this paper … provide at best weak support for the hypothesis that Medicaid improves the health of low-income children …In this study we analyze the effect of Medicaid on children's heath. We examine the effect of Medicaid on a variety of …

breastfeeding on child disability using data from the National Survey of Family Growth merged to the National Health Interview … Survey for a large nationally representative sample of children aged 1 to 18 years from the U.S. including over 3 … intensive margin among breastfed children, as any breastfeeding has no effect on the extensive margin. We conclude that very …

provision of adequate diets for young children in the United States. An examination of the Health and Nutrition Examination … Survey reveals the following: 1. Average nutrient intakes of young children are well above recommended dietary standards …, with the exception of iron. 2. Average nutrient intakes for children in households of lower economic status are very …

.S. on maternal health behaviors and infant health outcomes. Using multi-state, multi-year difference-in-differences analyses …, we estimated effects of state EITC generosity on maternal health behaviors, birth weight and gestation weeks. We find … little difference in maternal health behaviors associated with state-level EITC. In contrast, results for key infant health …

of 1832--1860 in the US. This result supports the veracity of the Antebellum Puzzle—a deterioration of health during …

We are the first to examine the effect of Superfund cleanups on infant health rather than focusing on proximity to a …

Recent research shows that health at birth is affected by many factors, including maternal education, behaviors, and … generations. Exposure to environmental pollution is one potential determinant of health at birth that has received increasing … children born to less educated and minority mothers are more likely to be exposed to pollution in utero and that white, college …