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 …

This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes … significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behaviour for adolescent …

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 …

We use newly available data from Germany to study the relationship between parental income and child health. We find a … strong gradient between parental income and subjective child health as has been documented earlier in the US, Canada and the … children from low socioeconomic background are more likely to suffer from "objectively measured" health problems - except for …

large-scale physical destruction on the educational attainment, health status and labor market outcomes of German children …, long-lasting detrimental effects on the human capital formation, health and labor market outcomes of Germans who were at … had lower self-reported health satisfaction in adulthood. Third, their future labor market earnings decreased by 6% on …

on health. Controlling for cohort, school track and Federal states fixed effects, which fully control for the assignment … into treatment, reveals no differences in body weight, mental or physical health between affected and non … role. -- Education gradient ; school year length ; health …