This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in … their twenties. The iconic programs are omnibus in nature and offer many services to children and their parents. We compare …

We revisit the cyclical nature of birth rates and infant health and investigate to what extent the relationship between … provide novel evidence that infant health is countercyclical based on timing of conception, but procyclical based on time in … utero. The negative relationship between the in utero aggregate unemployment rate and infant health also disappears when …

children's vaccinations in the most remote areas from the closest health facility. Despite this improvement, we find that …-up remain low in developing countries. We analyze the effects on child vaccinations of a large-scale community-based health … worker program that aimed to reach remote areas distant from public health facilities in Madagascar. We identify these …

Firearm violence is a pervasive public health crisis in the United States, with significant numbers of homicides … consequences of stress induced by these attacks on newborn health. We use two approaches to examine this question. First, we …, led to significant terror and disruptions in daily life over a three-week period. We compare birth outcomes of children …

local violence prior to conception has detrimental effects on infant health at birth. The results suggest that loss of women …'s human capital and deterioration of mental health are potential underlying mechanisms behind the adverse effects …

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 … endowments and investments (education and smoking in pregnancy) on the probability of having a baby who is small for gestational …

husbands and, thereby, boost investments in children's health. We find that the program increases spousal discussion about the …Building on prior evidence that mothers often have a stronger preference for spending on children than fathers do, we … use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impacts of a communication training program for mothers on child health in …

-life health find inconclusive and mixed results. This paper re-evaluates this literature and studies the long-term effects of in … suggest the effects are more pronounced among children raised in farm households, females, and those with lower maternal … education. We also provide suggestive evidence that reductions in adulthood income are a likely mechanism channel …

Lead exposure has detrimental effects on fertility, infants, children, and adults. Despite the success in removing lead … evidence from humans support claims of an adverse relationship between lead pollution and human health. Since lead exposure is …, extensive research links elevated blood lead levels in children to academic and behavioral outcomes, but more limited attention …

relationship between income and child development in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Treated mothers and children experienced large …