Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal …

This chapter surveys the contributions of laboratory experiments to labor economics. We begin with a discussion of … methodological issues: why (and when) is a lab experiment the best approach; how do laboratory experiments compare to field … experiments; and what are the main design issues? We then summarize the substantive contributions of laboratory experiments to our …

This paper forecasts the life-cycle treatment effects on health of a high-quality early childhood program. Our …

beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor incomes, crime, education, and mothers' labor incomes, with greater …

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 …

different levels of schooling on health, health-related behaviors, and labor market outcomes. We develop an approach that is a … shaping educational choices and labor market and health outcomes. We improve on LATE by identifying the groups affected by …