, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …

maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … early motherhood for the mother have been extensively investigated, the impact on their children is severely understudied … investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies …

care for children and improved child health. These results emphasize that children fare better when mothers control a …Non-unitary household models suggest that enhancing women's bargaining power can influence child health, a crucial … Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted inheritance rights to unmarried women in India, on child health. Our findings …

. Interestingly, the Adolescent Motherhood, Human Capital, Child Development, Cognition, Health, Nutrition, Gender, Parenting effect … age on offspring human capital in terms of health and cognition. The analysis relies on mother fixed effects to allow for … phases of childhood and early adolescence. Our results indicate that children born to early mothers are shorter for their age …

maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … early motherhood for the mother have been extensively investigated, the impact on their children is severely understudied … investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies …

-unitary household models of family behavior posit that an increase in women's bargaining power can influence child health. We study the … children. In addition, we find evidence consistent with a channel that the policy improved the women's intrahousehold … bargaining power within the household, leading to improved parental investments for children. These study findings are also …

How is prenatal sex selective behaviour influenced by the presence of cheap fetal gender identification technology and … households and community health workers for every live birth, this program altered existing trends in prenatal sex selection … role played by community health workers in facilitating the program is a key driver of the decline in prenatal sex …

fertility decisions and investments in child health. We find that increased access to paved roads at the district-level leads to … a rise in fertility, improved investments in children---measured through breastfeeding duration and immunization … districts with erstwhile lower levels of FLFP, the effects on fertility and child health are driven by paved road access causing …

relationship between income and child development in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Treated mothers and children experienced large …

women's constraints on child outcomes using nationally representative household Demographic and Health Survey data from … India, including 53,030 mothers and 113,708 children, collected in 2015-16. Outcomes are measured as multidimensional … deprivations, utilizing UNICEF's Multidimensional Overlapping Deprivation Analysis index, incorporating deficiencies in children …