This paper investigates the effects of expanding public health insurance eligibility for older children. Using data … from the National Health Interview Surveys from 1986 to 2005, we first show that although income continues to be an … important predictor of children's health status, the importance of income for predicting health has fallen for children 9 to 17 …

A growing literature documents the links between long-term outcomes and health in the fetal period, infancy, and early … of data and identification to study the long reach of childhood health in developing countries. Health in early life may … be a more significant determinant of adult outcomes in these countries because health insults are more frequent, the …

We use data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine the prevalence and determinants … interpret our results using a model in which investments in health capital are affected by both resource constraints and a human …

, and health status using data from the National Child Development Study. The study has followed the cohort of children born … that LBW has significant long-term effects on self-reported health status, educational attainments, and labor market … women of LBW are less likely to report that they are in poor or fair health than other LBW women …

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 …

to poor health among infants …

not asked how insults to child health after birth affect long-term outcomes, whether health at birth matters primarily … because it predicts future health or through some other mechanism, or whether health insults matter more at some key ages than … at others? We address these questions using a unique data set based on public health insurance records for 50 …

We examine the impact of three "criteria" air pollutants on infant health in New Jersey in the 1990s by combining … interactions of air pollution with smoking and other predictors of poor infant health outcomes. We find consistently negative …

There are many possible pathways between parental education, income, and health, and between child health and education … status (as measured by education, income, occupation, or in some cases area of residence) and child health, and between child … health and adult education or income. Specifically, I ask two questions: What is the evidence regarding whether parental …