private education and health systems has raised concerns about the future of an already fragmented social contract in Latin … America. In this chapter, we examine the evolution of the use of private education and private health insurance in selected … with a substantial proportion of households opting for private schools. On the other hand, opting out from public health is …

show long-lasting health impacts. Can these benefits hold when these programs are offered to all children in contexts with … universal healthcare? We evaluate the short- and medium-term health impacts of Sure Start, a universal integrated ECI in England … disadvantaged areas and likely driven by both health and non-health services. …

results provide evidence that the current public health crisis will exacerbate economic inequality, and they are among the rst …The current coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented public health challenge that has devastating economic impacts for …

This study explores the evolution of inequality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic using primary data … available from household and employment surveys collected in 2020. Inequality increased on average by 2 percent between 2019 and … 2020, twice the average annual growth in the inequality indicator that marked the decade of growing inequality in the 1990s …

This paper evaluates the short- and medium-term health impacts of offering families with children under 5 universal … access to centres providing childcare, health services, parenting support and parental job assistance. Increased access to … health. The impacts during post-childcare age sug-gest that operating mechanisms are stronger immune systems, safer parenting …

breastfeeding on children’s cognitive development but no effects on health or non-cognitive development during the period of …

sample of children 0–59 months old in Bolivia and a rich set of child health and development outcomes including measures from …