development. We find significant impacts on cognitive development in children 0-60 months, with an average effect size of 0.13 SD …. We show differential impacts by type of transfer: 0-5-year-old children from families receiving the "health" transfer …, which targeted families with 0-5-year-old children only, benefited significantly from the program, whereas 0-5 year-olds in …

generation continue to be under-explored. This paper investigates the long-term impact of parents' migration on their children … children, which has a direct impact on the children's outcomes when adults and on their deviation from the parents' economic … increases intergenerational mobility only when grown-up children live in urban areas, come from the poorest parents, and …

We measure the prevalence of discrimination between Jordanian host and Syrian refugee children attending school in … Jordan. Using a simple sharing experiment, we find only little discrimination. Among the Jordanian children, however, we see … status can generate solidarity with new refugees. We also find that parents' narratives about the refugee crisis are …

confirm that left-behind children have lower nutritional scores than children who migrate with their parents, and the gaps are … children's nutritional status in migrant households. Measures of social disadvantage are based on China's hukou system of … hukou status is negatively associated with children's weight-for-age Z-scores, even after controlling for household …

hundred children in a variety of strategic interactions. First, we find that theory-of-mind ability and cognitive ability both … predict level-k behavior. Second, older children respond to information about the cognitive ability of their opponent, which … whether children respond to intentions in a gift-exchange game, while cognitive ability has no influence, suggesting that …

Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries …

We examine the persistence of the impact of early-life exposure to air pollution on children's health from birth to … school enrollment using administrative public health insurance records covering one third of all children in Germany. For … restrictions on high-emission vehicles. Our results indicate that children exposed to cleaner air around birth require less …

We present direct evidence on the link between children's patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …