worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health … interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests that both types of interventions may benefit not only child health …

larger for girls, children from rural households, and those with less-educated mothers. Our findings suggest that health …Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses …

of public health interventions for children exposed to lead. This paper estimates the long-term impacts of early … referrals) recommended for lead-poisoned children. Using linked administrative data from Charlotte, NC, we compare outcomes for … children who are similar across observable characteristics but differ in eligibility for intervention due to blood lead test …

Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses … larger for boys, children from rural or poor households, and those with less-educated mothers. Our findings suggest that … health policies designed to improve birth weight could improve human capital in resource-poor settings. …

those likely to be affected by changes to Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Temporary Assistance for Needy … show that these affected children perform better on reading achievement tests. Following the same children through age 28 …

We investigate the spillover effects of early-life medical treatments on the siblings of treated children. We use a … administrative data from Denmark, we first confirm the findings in the previous literature that children who are slightly below the … VLBW cutoff have better short- and long-term health, and higher math test scores in 9th grade. We next investigate …

We investigate the short-term impact of out-of-home care on child health, schooling and juvenile crime. Using an event … study to examine the dynamics around the time of placement, we document a clear deterioration of mental health and … outcomes. For a sub-sample, we use caseworkers' risk-assessment to form a control group of children who were at risk of a …

school achievement. It found that the program does have a positive effect on school achievement for children aged 7 to 12 …