Although the theoretical trade-off between the quantity and quality of children is well-established, empirical evidence … supporting such a causal relationship - particularly on child health - is limited. We use two measures of child health to asses …

bereavement has important consequences for children's long-term capital accumulation in terms of both health and education. These …-sex children from the detrimental effects of orphanhood, suggesting that risks are not equally shared within households. The second …

-term health status as measured by body height, children who lose their same-sex parent before teenage years are hit hardest …. Maternal bereavement does not fit into this pattern as it affects educational attainment of younger and older children in a … preferences of the surviving parent partly protect same-sex children from orphanhood's detrimental effects on human capital …

offspring of mothers who experienced the China Great Leap Forward Famine. The direct impact on entrance to senior high school is … understates the total impact on the second generation's accumulation of human capital. Our estimation results are generally robust … to IV estimation. …

Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at … one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper presents an empirical … over time. A one percent increase in birth weight increase child's noncognitive skills by 0.34 percent and child's health …

Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at … one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper presents an empirical … over time. A one percent increase in birth weight increase child's noncognitive skills by 0.34 percent and child's health …

In this paper, we examine how parental health affects children's development of personality traits and problem behavior … significant impacts on children's emotional symptoms, hyperactivity and neuroticism. Paternal health seems to be less relevant for … the development of these non-cognitive characteristics. However, we observe that paternal health shocks cause children to …

One theory for why there is a strong education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more … quickly absorb new information about health technology. The MMR controversy in the UK provides a case where, for a brief … children, could have potentially serious side-effects. As the controversy set in, uptake of the MMR vaccine by more educated …

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health education gradient by distinguishing between short … and behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health, we find that education has a … protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health behaviors - measured …