In this paper we explore the impact of birth weight on children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes using data from …

In this paper we explore the impact of birth weight on children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes using data from …

In this paper we explore the association between family income and children's cognitive ability (IQ and school … performance), socio-emotional outcomes (self esteem, locus of control and behavioural problems) and physical health (risk of … characteristics and home environments of low income children in accounting for different outcomes. Using rich cohort data from the UK …

Is the education-health gradient inflated because both education and health are associated with unobserved socio …-fixed effects to address that much of the observed education-health gradient reflects associations rather than causal relationships …. There are education-health gradients even within sibling pairs; personality facets reduce these gradients by 30% or more …

Is the education-health gradient inflated because both education and health are associated with unobserved socio …-fixed effects to address that much of the observed education-health gradient reflects associations rather than causal relationships …. There are education-health gradients even within sibling pairs; personality facets reduce these gradients by 30% or more …

Is the education-health gradient inflated because both education and health are associated with unobserved socio …-fixed effects to address that much of the observed education-health gradient reflects associations rather than causal relationships …. There are education-health gradients even within sibling pairs; personality facets reduce these gradients by 30% or more …

assessed by the child's teacher, predicts internality in middle age for female and socioeconomically disadvantaged children …. Parental engagement in children's education is a malleable factor, and thus is a promising target for public policy. …

The first half of the twentieth century saw rapid improvements in the health and height of British children. Average … century. -- Heights of children ; infant mortality ; health in Britain … height and health can be related to infant mortality through a positive selection effect and a negative scarring effect …

child mental health evaluations from parents, teachers, children and psychiatrists for mental health problems, test whether …A large literature uses parental evaluations of child health status to provide evidence on the socioeconomic … determinants of health. If how parents perceive health questions differs by income or education level, then estimates of the …

data from hospital administrative records between 2003 and 2012, babies' health is found to be strongly pro-cyclical. A one … 1.4%, and a 0.1% decrease in foetal growth. We find heterogenous responses: unemployment has an effect on babies' health … evidence of three channels that can explain the overall negative effect of unemployment on new-born health: maternal stress …