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 …

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 …

We use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study to estimate the effects of poor infant health, pre …-pregnancy health conditions of the mother, and the father's health status on health insurance status of urban, mostly unmarried …, mothers and their one-year-old children. Virtually all births were covered by health insurance, but one year later about one …

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 estimate the effect of poor child health on the labor supply of mothers and fathers post welfare reform, using a … potential endogeneity of child health and find that having a young child in poor health reduces the mother's probability of … working, the mother's hours of work, and the father's hours of work. These results suggest that children's health problems may …

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 …

2008 and substantial recovery by 2012, to investigate the extent to which the effects of a recession on health behaviors … are lingering or short-lived and to explore trajectories in health behaviors from pre-crisis boom, to crisis, to recovery …. Health-compromising behaviors (smoking, heavy drinking, sugared soft drinks, sweets, fast food, and tanning) declined during …

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 …