The incidence of adiposity in the early years of life has outgrown the prevalence rate in older children and … parental unemployment on children's weight before, during and after a recession. Child growth charts are used to quantify … children according to overweight for BMI, weight for age, and weight for height measures. For BMI, the probability of a child …

are mainly observed in children born to mothers with low socioeconomic status, suggesting that credit constraints may be a …

Great Recession, on children's mental well-being. The Australian experience of the Great Recession represents a unique case … draw on and link data from multiple sources, including a longitudinal cohort study of children, a consumer sentiment survey … expectations shocks on mental health. For girls, however, there are modest increases in mental health problems and externalizing …

-reported health and mental health in Greece. The specifications suggest that unemployment results in lower health and the … deterioration of mental health during the 2008-2009 period compared with the 2010-2013 period, i.e., a period in which the country …'s unemployment doubled as a consequence of the financial crisis. Unemployment seems to be more detrimental to health/mental health in …