Evidence for the short-term impact of early intervention on childhood health is weak and inconsistent. Using rigorous … programme on child health. The treatment provides mentoring visits from pregnancy until school entry to improve child outcomes … through positively affecting parenting. In a context where socioeconomic inequalities in health have yet to emerge, modest …

on children's education by exploiting the United Nations sanctions imposed on Iran in 2006. Using the variation in the … sanctions decreased children's total years of schooling by 0.1 years and the probability of attending college by 4.8 percentage … children who were exposed longer to the sanctions. The results imply that sanctions have a larger effect on the income of …

visiting, group parenting, and baby massage, to disadvantaged Irish families raises children's cognitive and socio … by gender and stronger gains for firstborns. The results also suggest that socioeconomic gaps in children's skills are …

Pregnancy loss is often a traumatic event which may impact both parents and subsequent children. Using Norwegian … investment and family outcomes. We find that pregnancy loss improves maternal health investments in the subsequent pregnancy … market attachment, it has limited effects on children born after the loss. This suggests that investment in the next …

This paper investigates parental time investment in children prior to formal schooling as a source of intergenerational …

home environment of disadvantaged families, on child health in the first 3 years of life. We recruited and randomized 233 … commencing at 2 years. Maternal reports of child health are assessed at 6, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months. Treatment effects are … health (10.0 pp), hospitalizations (8.2 pp), immunizations (8.6 pp), chest infections (12.2 pp) and the number of health …

in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using climate and infant health data from a grid of approximately 4,000 cells in 34 African …

The literature on skill formation and human capital development clearly demonstrates that early investment in children …

despite reduced transfers. We find precise zero effects on total health expenditures for both mothers and children. However …How does welfare affect the prosperity of mothers and their children? We study this question using a Canadian welfare … reform and by linking administrative welfare records to tax returns, nearly all medical spending, and children's educational …