We present a field experiment to study the effects of non-monetary incentives on healthy food choices of 282 children … be feasible. We introduce a system where food items are graded based on their nutritional value, involving parents or … classmates as change agents by providing them with information regarding the food choices of their children or friends. We find …

We present a field experiment to study the effects of non-monetary incentives on healthy food choices of 282 children … be feasible. We introduce a system where food items are graded based on their nutritional value, involving parents or … classmates as change agents by providing them with information regarding the food choices of their children or friends. We find …

This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U … early life interventions for promoting health …

timing of the health shock. We do this by comparing parents across families in similar parental and child age cohorts whose … children experienced a health shock at different ages. We show that these families have very similar characteristics and were …We provide novel evidence on the impact of a child's health shock on parental labor market outcomes. To identify the …

timing of the health shock. We do this by comparing parents across families in similar parental and child age cohorts whose … children experienced a health shock at different ages. We show that these families have very similar characteristics and were …We provide novel evidence on the impact of a child's health shock on parental labor market outcomes. To identify the …

We study the impact of adult children's internal migration on the health and subjective well-being of elderly parents … positive effect of the migration of daughters on parents' health and life satisfaction, but no such beneficial effects when … left behind, distinguishing between the gender of the migrant children. To overcome migration endogeneity, we exploit novel …

This paper investigates the impact of parental education on child health outcomes. To identify the causal effect we … leaving age by one year had little effect on the health of their offspring. Schooling did however improve economic … child health are at most modest. …

educated parents perceive the returns to health investments to be lower, thus contributing to the socioeconomic inequality in …Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … hypothetical investment scenarios. We show that perceived returns are predictive of health investments and outcomes, and that less …

, including early health, skills, and the parents' and child's own attitudes towards education, as well as outcomes related to …Based on the sample of The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), we investigate the … formation of health capital and the role played by genetic endowments, parental SES, and education. To measure genetic …