The economic and psychological literatures have demonstrated that early investments (private and public) in children … countries, implying that mothers spend less time with their children and that families rely more on external sources of …

In thisstudy, we examine what does determine children's decisionsregarding schooling, work, and idleness in rural areas … the Multinomial Logit Model in order to find the determinants of children's activities. We find that child health is an … important determinant of child time allocation. Children's previous education and age, parental education, land ownership …

worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health … interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests that both types of interventions may benefit not only child health …

Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One … essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment … outcomes of their children. Interventions that encourage the educational attainment of children from poorer families will …

impact that the transfer had on the language and mathematical competencies of the children of eligible mothers at the end of …

We study the impact of child work on cognitive development in four Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries. We advance the … by controlling for children's complete time allocation budget. This allows us to estimate effects of different types of … work, like chores and market/farm work, relative to specific alternative time‐uses, like school or study or play …

emphasizes the importance of focusing on pregnancy health education, particularly for low-income women, as a potential way to … who do not participate in prenatal education have an increased probability of a cesarean delivery compared to those who do …. The study further indicates that attendance at prenatal education varies according to socioeconomic status. Low …

health shocks on the amount of children’s time spent in work, leisure and education. One key contribution of the paper is …Little is currently known about the effects of shocks to parental health on the allocation of children’s time between … other types of child work, such as light domestic chores. We find that paternal illness increases the time spent in income …

diversification strategies on household welfare and health outcomes (i.e. child nutrition) for both rural and urban dwellers. Thus …