larger for girls, children from rural households, and those with less-educated mothers. Our findings suggest that health …

maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … early motherhood for the mother have been extensively investigated, the impact on their children is severely understudied … investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies …

steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter school. The gender gap, however, reverses …