, where violence is endemic and are particularly pronounced among children of poorly educated mothers, implying that violence … compounds the disadvantage that these children already suffer as a result of their households' lower socioeconomic status. Our … areas of Brazil. …

children of poorly educated mothers, implying that violence compounds the disadvantage that these children already suffer as a …

effects of extreme weather. Mothers' education, sanitation access and health care assistance to pregnant women represent the …This paper attempts to identify the climatic effect on birth outcomes in Brazil and, thus, to predict the potential … on newborns' health; temperature stresses and low relative humidity also have effects. The use of climate change …

differences in conditions: while the "education" component imposed conditions only on children of schooling age, the "health …. We show differential impacts by type of transfer: 0-5-year-old children from families receiving the "health" transfer …" transfer required regular health checkups of 0-5 year old children. The "health" transfer families were more likely to attend …

areas. Many papers in the public health literature show associations between access to clean water sources or improved … access to piped water or sanitation, and traced out the benefits to children, including surviving children, over time. …

Health constitutes a fundamental aspect of our well-being. It is also a key factor in determining our contribution to … market and non-market output. Health inequality refers to the unequal realization of health outcomes between different groups … in the population. Systematic disparities in health outcomes and in access to health resources not only undermine basic …

brink of starvation. We link high-quality military recruits data with objective health measurements for the cohorts born in …

breastfeeding on children’s cognitive development but no effects on health or non-cognitive development during the period of …We show that children who are born at or just before the weekend are less likely to be breastfed, owing to poorer … breastfeeding support services in hospitals at weekends. We use this variation to estimate the effect of breastfeeding on children …