This study investigates the role of family structure on cognitive outcomes of children. Using the rich panel data … information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), collected on children and their families … changes in family structure. We find that children who stay-in or move-to non-intact families have lower reading scores than …

pre-school children. Using data from the Infant Cohort of the Growing-Up in Ireland Survey, propensity score matching … months old increase the likelihood of being overweight at 3 years old, but only for children of mothers with higher levels of … education. Informal childcare at 9 months also has harmful effects on child weight, but again only for children of more educated …

While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education, IQ scores …

explained by improvements in early parental investment. This study demonstrates that boosting children's early cognitive skills …

The incidence of adiposity in the early years of life has outgrown the prevalence rate in older children and … parental unemployment on children's weight before, during and after a recession. Child growth charts are used to quantify … children according to overweight for BMI, weight for age, and weight for height measures. For BMI, the probability of a child …

There is a well-established socioeconomic gradient in cognitive test scores for children. This gradient emerges at very … early ages and there is also some evidence that it can widen as children age. We investigate this phenomenon with two … longitudinal cohorts of Irish children who take such tests at ages ranging from 9 months to 17 years, using maternal education and …

This paper examines mobility and changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) for a sample of Irish children across three waves of … mobility appears to be relatively limited although it is greater than for the mothers of the children over the same time period …