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 …

We use the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) III to examine the effect of the availability of …. Second, we examine serum measures of nutrient in addition to intakes based on dietary recall data. Third, we ask whether the …, we examine the effect of the SBP on other members of the family besides the school-aged child. We have three main …

We use the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) III to examine the effect of the availability of …. Second, we examine serum measures of nutrient in addition to intakes based on dietary recall data. Third, we ask whether the …, we examine the effect of the SBP on other members of the family besides the school-aged child. We have three main …

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 …

, and health status using data from the National Child Development Study. The study has followed the cohort of children born … that LBW has significant long-term effects on self-reported health status, educational attainments, and labor market … women of LBW are less likely to report that they are in poor or fair health than other LBW women …

of child welfare and that these entitlement programs may well have positive impacts on the health and development of …

violent crime on pregnancy and infant health outcomes, using unique linked administrative data from New York City. We compare … annual cost of over $4.25 billion. Since infant health is a strong predictor of life-long well-being and women of lower …

Large literatures document positive effects of WIC on birth outcomes, and separately connect health at birth and future … question using a unique data set from South Carolina which links administrative birth, Medicaid, and education records. We find … health conditions and of grade repetition. These findings demonstrate that a "WIC start" results in persistent improvements …

the population health of local children. We demonstrate that the tax reduced ambient air pollution by 5 to 15 percent, and … young children. The change in health was more gradual than the change in pollution suggesting that it may take time for the … full health effects of changes in pollution to be felt. Given the sluggish adjustment of health to pollution changes, short …