health and human capital formation for children. Children who experience a parental health shock are more likely to have … therapy and take anti-depressant medication following the shock. These children have lower test scores and school enrollment … shock; children from low-income families are more likely to be prescribed anti-depressants following the shock, while …

development and socio-economic development gaps. For children born before January 1, 2007, parental leave benefits were means …-tested and paid for up to 24 months after childbirth. For children born thereafter, parental leave benefits were earnings … study the reform effects on children's language skills, motor skills, socio-emotional stability, and school readiness using …

Do people form correct expectations about the impact of retirement on their health? This paper looks at unexpected … health shocks that hit people after they retire. Using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia … survey (waves 2001-2014), we construct measures of unexpected health shocks for each year, using information on respondents …

also focus on improving the health of disadvantaged children. -- Health inequality ; human capital formation ; childhood …We use unique administrative German data to examine the role of childhood health for the intergenerational transmission … of human capital. Specifically, we examine the extent to which a comprehensive list of health conditions - diagnosed by …