Examination Survey, we find that children's health is positively related to household income. The relationship between household … income and children's health status becomes more pronounced as children grow older. A large component of the relationship … between income and children's health can be explained by the arrival and impact of chronic health conditions in childhood …

In this paper we explore income and race differences in nine measures of the health of children aged 6 through 11. We … black and white children and of children from high and low income families, but these differences by no means overwhelmingly … favor the white or high-income children. With respect to differences by race, whether or not they are adjusted for …

This paper reexamines differences found between income gradients in American and English children's health, in results … the same time period, the income gradient in children's health increases with age by the same amount in the two countries … are larger in the English sample than in the American sample, and that income plays a larger role in buffering children …

. Analyses of a large-scale longitudinal dataset in the U.S., and a much smaller dataset of Chinese parents and children, show …

-specific effects for occupation. We conclude that important information about the links between parental incomes and children exists …

This study examines the impact of publicly provided daycare for children aged 0-3 on outcomes of children and their … used a lottery to assign children to limited public daycare openings. Winning the lottery translated to a 34 percent …, by which time all children were eligible for universal schooling). The rise in labor force participation is driven …

dynamic model of consumption and labor supply. We emphasize two key results. First, a psychology-based theory of poverty traps … of financial stress. On the other hand, naifs dis-save, fall into a poverty trap, and incur high welfare losses. Second …

national sample of mostly unwed parents and their children-a group at high risk of living in poverty. We account for the … working, the mother's hours of work, and the father's hours of work. These results suggest that children's health problems may …