Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses … larger for girls, children from rural households, and those with less-educated mothers. Our findings suggest that health …

Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses … health policies designed to improve birth weight could improve human capital in resource-poor settings. …

This paper provides estimates of the long-term effects on height and health of a large income shock experienced in … regional variation in the timing of this shock to identify its effects. We examine the effects on the adult height, health, and … and 1890, causing major income losses among wine growing families. Because the insects spread slowly from the southern …

Lack of information about health risks may limit the adoption of improved nutritional and healthy behavior. This paper … health, and cognitive outcomes of children. Our findings suggest that light-touch nutrition information alone, even when … parents are informed about the health risk of their children, may not promote healthy behavior and factors other than …

Lack of information about health risks may limit adoption of improved nutritional and healthy behavior. This paper … studies the effect of nutrition information intervention on household dietary behavior, child health, and cognitive ability of … hemoglobin level for anemia, we find statistically insignificant treatment effects on dietary improvements, child health, and …

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

literature that debates the importance of socioeconomic status (SES) in determining health and survival. They augment a growing … health, indeed, enough to reverse the SES gradient that is commonly observed. -- Religion ; caste ; gender ; child survival … communities and especially the Muslim deficit in parental education predict a Hindu advantage. Alternative outcomes and …

the inter-generational effects on the health and schooling of the woman’s children. Within two decades many of these … to 1996 a door-to-door outreach family planning and maternalchild health program. Village and individual data confirm a … estimated in addition to fertility : women's health, earnings and household assets, use of preventive health inputs, and finally …

literature that debates the importance of socioeconomic status (SES) in determining health and survival. They augment a growing … health, indeed, enough to reverse the SES gradient that is commonly observed … communities and especially the Muslim deficit in parental education predict a Hindu advantage. Alternative outcomes and …

quality of services in government and private hospitals, and of socioeconomic variables such as education, caste, and an index …