We use the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as a natural experiment in fasting and fetal health. In Michigan births 1989 … likelihood of being disabled as an adult. Effects are particularly large for mental (or learning) disabilities. We also find …

in life along multiple measures. We also find that the children of those exposed also experience improved health and … Indonesian Family Life Survey covering two generations. We find that individuals exposed to the program have better health later …

We estimate the long-run effects of the 1930s Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) redlining maps by linking children in … were least likely to have been chosen by the HOLC based on our statistical model. We find that children living on the lower …

We use the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as a natural experiment in fasting and fetal health. In Michigan births 1989 … likelihood of being disabled as an adult. Effects are particularly large for mental (or learning) disabilities. We also find …

status gets transmitted to their children. Once we add additional mediators to the model, we show that education, and … particularly children's education, is an important transmission channel in that it reduces the IHA by one third. Finally, we show …Social scientists have long documented that many components of socioeconomic status such as income and education have …

We use the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as a natural experiment in fasting and fetal health. In Michigan births 1989 … likelihood of being disabled as an adult. Effects are particularly large for mental (or learning) disabilities. We also find …