's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …

compared to the surrounding cohorts. The results indicate that investments in early-life health may have far reaching effects …

identify substantial improvements in women's earnings following IVF birth, alongside improvements in maternal and child health …

countries, little is known about the long-term consequences for the mothers and children involved. In this study, I use a sample …—to study the causal effect of C-sections on child health and on the health, fertility and labor market responses for mothers … Swedish registry data, I find that having a C-section improves child health in both the short and long run, indicated by …

justified because of the consumption characteristics of the primary health care services and market failures. But the provider … public health facilities in Bangladesh function poorly due to lack of proper decentralization with the result that a majority …

) studies, we find that the significantly positive impact of family status on children's health outcomes disappears if we …

variation in the test score convergence across states and racial convergence in measures of health and hospital access in the … earnings gaps match those in early life health and test scores already established. It also addresses caveats in the earlier …