construction and household-level toilet subsidy programs in rural People's Republic of China (PRC) on children's education, health … significantly reduced maternal-child education persistence, while improving the upward education mobility of exposed children. Our … years after its implementation. Effects on education are larger for girls than for boys, and for toilet subsidy programs. On …

effect of family size on children's education. We also find that the effect of family size is more evident in rural China …, where the public education system is poor. Given that our estimates of the effect of twinning on non-twins at least provide …-quality tradeoff of children in developing countries …

We investigate the intergenerational effect of parental health shocks on the fertility choices of adult children in … Matching (PSM). Our findings indicate that parental health shocks significantly postpone the reproductive age of adult children … China. By using a comprehensive longitudinal dataset of Chinese households, severe and unexpected health shocks to parents …

certain health investments, including children's diets. Our results support the notion that traditional gender roles can …This paper studies the causal effect of maternal and paternal unemployment on child health in China, analyzing panel … paternal unemployment reduces child health, while maternal unemployment has beneficial child health impacts. Analysis of …

early health shocks for children. We estimate a human capital production function and establish that, for this sample, early … health shocks negatively affect child human capital, including health, education, and socioemotional skills. Compensating …An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks …

Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal … employment and obesity in children aged 3 - 17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for … between maternal employment and our measures for children's diet and physical activity. Our study also suggests that …

schooling progress, the expected college enrollment, grades in school and the assessed health of all children in the family. We …In this paper we use a new data set describing households with and without twin children in China to quantify the trade …-off between the quality and quantity of children using the incidence of twins that for the first time takes into account effects …

investigate the impact of the parents' job loss on the health of their children, using six waves of the China Health and Nutrition … are robust to various specifications. -- children's health ; job loss ; Grossman's model ; China … Survey covering the period from 1991 to 2006. We find that paternal job loss has a significant negative effect on children …