This chapter provides an overview of the literature on child health in developed countries. I first lay out a simple … economic model of the demand for child health inputs, and discuss whether the evidence is consistent with that model. Next, two … main causes of market failure in the market for child health inputs — lack of information and externalities — are analyzed …

individual level data to investigate effects of pollution on infant mortality, fetal deaths, low birth weight and prematurity in …

This chapter provides an overview of the literature linking health, health insurance and labor market outcomes such as … first part of the paper focuses on the relationship between health and labor market outcomes. The empirical literature … surveyed suggests that poor health reduces the capacity to work and has substantive effects on wages, labor force participation …

for maternal education Our findings using the two approaches are similar. Higher maternal education improves infant health …We estimate the effect of maternal education on birth outcomes using data from the Vital Statistics Natality files for … 1970 to 1999. We also assess the importance of four potential channels through which maternal education may improve birth …

for maternal education Our findings using the two approaches are similar. Higher maternal education improves infant health …We estimate the effect of maternal education on birth outcomes using data from the Vital Statistics Natality files for … 1970 to 1999. We also assess the importance of four potential channels through which maternal education may improve birth …

We use data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine the prevalence and determinants … interpret our results using a model in which investments in health capital are affected by both resource constraints and a human …

We use data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine the prevalence and determinants … interpret our results using a model in which investments in health capital are affected by both resource constraints and a human …

Evidence shows that pollution exposure early in life is detrimental to near-term health, and an increasing body of … evidence suggests that early-childhood health influences health and human capital outcomes later in life. This article reviews …

years of education. Yet while children can be permanently damaged at this age, an important message is that the damage can …

years of education. Yet while children can be permanently damaged at this age, an important message is that the damage can …