children’s human capital in the form of cognitive skills, socioemotional skills and health, which pertain directly to some …

effects on women's wellbeing. We analyse the consequences of sterilization on maternal health. To do so, we take advantage of …

This chapter provides an overview of the literature on child health in developed countries. I first lay out a simple … economic model of the demand for child health inputs, and discuss whether the evidence is consistent with that model. Next, two … main causes of market failure in the market for child health inputs — lack of information and externalities — are analyzed …

In recent years, significant advances have been made in better understanding the complex relationships between health … level, the integration of insights from the biological and health sciences into economic analyses as well as improvements in … the quantity and quality of data on population health and socio-economic status. To provide a foundation for discussing …