children's risk of malaria infection. For identification, we rely on exogenous variation in educational attainment generated by … prophylaxis during pregnancy by between 3.7 and 14.5 percentage points, and their children's probability of sleeping under an … insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) by between 1.8 and 3.0 percentage points. Results for both women's use of ITN and children …

This paper estimates the causal effects of parental education on their children's risky health behaviours and health …. Instrumental variable estimates and difference-in-differences estimates reveal that increases in maternal schooling reduce children … children's education and improvements in their peer environment early in life are important for explaining the effects. Changes …

The large number of overweight children in the U.S. has led school administrators and researchers to examine how … aspects of the school environment affect children's dietary behavior and health. In addition to consuming nutrient rich food … and exercising regularly, nutritionists have suggested that it is important for children to have an adequate amount of …

government physicians - can account for developmental gaps between the children of college educated parents and those of less … also focus on improving the health of disadvantaged children …