regarding the quantity and quality of parental time investment on the skill formation of their children. Traditional models of … household behavior have failed to account for the differential behavior of parents with respect to skill formation of their … children vis-à-vis home production. This paper finds that, similarly to higher-income countries, there is a positive education …

overweight. As expected, this is also true for individuals who have chronic illnesses. The analysis also finds that individuals … who engage in a sport or in other forms of exercise, even if modest, have lower odds of being overweight or obese … associated with being overweight or obese. The results of this study have implications for the adjustment of current Surinamese …

This paper evaluates the short- and medium-term health impacts of offering families with children under 5 universal … these centres during early childhood increases the probability of hospitalisation for infants in the local area. As children … practices and home environments, and improved emotional and behavioural development among children. …

Early Childhood Interventions (ECI) offering disadvantaged children preschool and family support services in the US … show long-lasting health impacts. Can these benefits hold when these programs are offered to all children in contexts with …-eligible children increases hospitalizations by 10% at age 1, but reduces them by 8-9% across ages 11-15. Impacts are concentrated in …

parents of school-aged children in two-parent opposite-gender families. In line with existing evidence, we find that mothers … industries and occupations in which parents worked prior to the lockdown. Nor can they be explained by gender differences in …

To understand the household decision-making process regarding food expenditures for children in poor households in …) allocated money between themselves and nutritious meals for one of their children. First, we find strong empirical support for … children’s meals than men. Third, the spouses’ respective bargaining positions derived from consumption patterns strongly …