paper examines how the temporary migration of parents for the sole purpose of work affects the health outcomes of children … health used, height-for-age, serves as a proxy for stunting. The evidence suggests that whether parental migration is … beneficial or deleterious to child health depends on which parent moved. In particular, migration of the mother has an adverse …

water pollution and health outcomes. The analysis consists of three parts: First, exogenous variation of pipe construction … is used to quantify the health impact of access to piped water, which is found to increase the risk of child diarrhea by … for the first time that water rationing can jeopardize the intended health benefits of access to clean drinking water …

A huge literature shows that childhood health and educational attainment are highly correlated. However, estimates for … the effect of childhood health on educational attainment under risk generally confound the effect of liquidity constraints … and of lack of insurance against risk. It is unclear whether the correlation between health and education under uninsured …

. -- Civil conflicts ; refugees ; children ; human capital ; health ; Africa …

inequality and pollution on children's health may be amplified, if the population group that is least affected decides about tax …

We investigate restructuring of the health system in Brazil motivated to operationalize universal health coverage …