analysis is based on a sample of over 13,000 children (and their parents) drawn from the Health Survey for England. In … hypothesis that the NHS has a protective effect on the health of children in England. …In an influential study Case et al. (2002) documented a positive relationship between family income and child health in …

quality (in the form of health outcomes) and the number of children in the family at a time when genuine poverty still existed …This paper examines effects of socio-economic conditions on the standardised heights and body mass index of children in … opportunity to explore the determinants of child health in the era before the welfare state. We examine the trade-off between the …

Despite a recent growth in studies examining the association between family income and child health, very few studies … effect of family income on child health in the UK. Using rich observational data from a British cohort study, we exploit … income on subjective child health and control for potential transmission channels through which income could affect child …