Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal …

Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal …

-sex marriage. The dichotomization of parental sexuality based on marriage obscures the ability to assess actual harm to children …

outcomes. Using the health shock as an instrumental variable shows that the onset of a disability at age 25 causally reduces … model that includes unscheduled hospitalizations as a measure for unanticipated health shocks and estimate the model on data … from the British National Child Development Study (NCDS). We show that such health shocks increase the likelihood of an …

One theory for why there is an education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more quickly … absorb new health-related information. The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) controversy provides a case where, for a short …

children’s health, educational attainment and likelihood of engaging in problem behaviour and criminal activity in later life …. Low birth weight was also found to impact on children’s long-term health and cognitive development. Subsequent pregnancies … factors were guided by the funders, the Department of Health, as being of particular interest in the UK context. Relevant …