dynamic micro-simulation model of the early life course, based on longitudinal data from a New Zealand cohort of children born …

Unintentional injuries are estimated to claim the lives of more than 875,000 children each year; millions more live … countries whose mission is to address the burden of injuries in children under 15 by harnessing the potential of local NGOs. An …

Routine dental examinations for children are important for early diagnosis and treatment of dental problems. The level … of dental morbidity among Israeli children is higher than the global average. A July 2010 reform of Israel's National … Health Insurance Law gradually offers free dental services for children up to age 12. …

This is the first study investigating the development of the capability to reason backwards in children, adolescents …

The study of resilience and its associated factors is highly applicable to the child welfare population as children … developed using an ecological perspective that inquired about possible sources of resilience from within children themselves … the perspectives of all those involved in the child welfare system in assessing the well-being of children in out …

instrumental variables. We use data on children and adolescents aged 3-18 years old from fifteen rounds of the Health Survey for … service use in girls, boys, younger children (aged 3-10) and adolescents (aged 11-18). We detect significant endogeneity … when the children are still young. …

Lying and deceiving is present not only in adults but also among children and teenagers and represents an economically … deceptive behavior in children and teenagers is scarce. In this paper, we study how age influences the propensity to tell “black …” and “white” lies in a sample of 383 children and teenagers aged 10/11 and 15/16years. Our results show that a non …

Shocks experienced during early childhood can harm the long term growth of children. We examine the potential impact of … extreme weather events on children’s height,taking the example of Mongolia, which is frequently plagued by extreme winters … exposed children from herding households. Exposed children are small for their age, even three years after the event. It can …