affects her children's health, but is also intrinsically linked to her spouse's labor market status and earnings. Paternal … negative effects on their children are compounded. Additionally, the consequences of poor parental health are enduring. Longer …This paper investigates the economic returns to parental health. To account for potential endogeneity between parental …

By exploiting rich retrospective data on childhood immunization, socioeconomics, and health status in China (the China … Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study), we assess the long-term effects of childhood vaccination on cognitive and …-term positive and economically meaningful effects on nonhealth outcomes such as education and cognitive skills. These effects are …