We examine how parental health shocks affect children's non-cognitive skills. Based on a German mother-and-child data … base, we draw on significant changes in self-reported parental health as an exogenous source of health variation to … identify effects on outcomes for children at ages of three and six years. At the age of six, we observe that maternal health …

longitudinal data from both countries to examine whether immigrants differ in their use of health services than native born … individuals on arrival and over time. While immigrants to Germany, but not the UK, are more likely to self-report poor health than …

of access, uncertainty and quality of supply, and costs). We describe some of the advantages (health, improved domestic …

should consider multiple influences on health behavior, including the neighborhood physical activity of parents. …

children’s cognitive development, but not on non-cognitive development or health. Regarding mechanisms, we estimate how …

these stages of the policy process. We also conduct a desk review to analyze health and nutrition policies in India for …

rounds of Demographic and Health Surveys covering the period from 1997 to 2011. …

the disease. This health problem disproportionately affects the poor, particularly those in Africa south of the Sahara …, and health are intimately linked through malaria. Uganda has the highest malaria parasite transmission in the world and is …