Hundreds of millions of children in less developed countries suffer from poor health and nutrition. Children in most … in developed countries. Recent research has shown that poor health and nutrition among children reduces their time in … school and their learning during that time. This implies that programs or policies that increase children's health status …

cognitive outcomes in young adult life. Additionally, we find that both early life cognitive ability and health seem to have … cohort members according to their height, which we consider a proxy for health status - shorter individuals show a stronger …

monitoring through routine health checkups for all young children (0-6 years) in China. Using data on the program's county … provide evidence of several underlying mechanisms, including improved physical and mental health, better educational outcomes …, increased cognitive skills, and sustained use of routine health checkups among adolescents. …

assortative mating. Those educated women appear to experience greater autonomy in making decisions on receiving their own health … care and visiting their family. Furthermore, educated women have lower fertility and use more maternal health care, and … their children have better health outcomes than those of less educated women. Overall, our results suggest that the marriage …