period 2000–2009, I find that increases in spending on health are most strongly associated with reductions in the importance … International Student Assessment test scores among 15-year-olds. Public spending on family support, housing, and education are also …

, especially in LMICs, which host 95% of teen births globally (WHO, 2014). Using panel and sibling data from India, this paper … investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies … maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers …

inheritance rights to Indian women on the quantity and quality of children and son preference. Using a difference …-in-differences methodology, we find that women who were affected by the state reforms had 0.35 more children. The increase in the number of sons … born to treated women was higher than the number of daughters. To assess the federal reform we use a panel data of women …

-income countries, where this phenomenon is prevalent. Using panel data from India, this paper investigates the effect of early maternal … age on offspring human capital in terms of health and cognition. The analysis relies on mother fixed effects to allow for …. Interestingly, the Adolescent Motherhood, Human Capital, Child Development, Cognition, Health, Nutrition, Gender, Parenting effect …

, especially in LMICs, which host 95% of teen births globally (WHO, 2014). Using panel and sibling data from India, this paper … investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies … maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers …

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, where over 70 million …, prior child cognition and health, and child investments. We use income and local prices to control for the endogeneity of … investments. We find that cognition is sensitive to investments throughout the age range we consider, while health is mainly …

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, where over 70 million …, prior child cognition and health, and child investments. We use income and local prices to control for the endogeneity of … investments. We find that cognition is sensitive to investments throughout the age range we consider, while health is mainly …