, university attendance, IQ and health? A structural model decomposes household shocks into permanent and transitory components …, then the effect of shocks at age 1-16 is estimated for 600,000 Norwegian children. The effect of permanent shocks declines …

Though the positive income gradient of child health is well documented in developed countries, evidence from developing … countries is rare. Few studies attempt to identify a causal link between family income and child health. Utilizing unique … longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we have found a positive, age-enhancing income gradient of child …

.Using data on up to approximately 24,000 French children from the Health, Health Care and Insurance Surveys, we apply econometric … health problems for low-income children. In addition, income is strongly correlated with anthropometric characteristics. The … to health care services for children from low-income families may not be enough to decrease social health inequalities in …