This paper estimates the effect of economic shocks that affect families with young children on children's health … economy. Analyzing household survey data from Russia I find that children who were under the age of five and whose parents … completed high school. For the comparison group – children who were at the school age during the early transition – there is an …

This paper estimates the effect of economic shocks that affect families with young children on children's health … economy. Analyzing household survey data from Russia I find that children who were under the age of five and whose parents … completed high school. For the comparison group – children who were at the school age during the early transition – there is an …

early health shocks for children. We estimate a human capital production function and establish that, for this sample, early …

early health shocks for children.We estimate a human capital production function and establish that, for this sample, early …

children under 6 years old, 74.2% of whom were previously uninsured. I estimate the effects of exposure to the policy at age 0 …, household education and income. The effects are substantially larger among individuals from disadvantaged households and from …

This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in … their twenties. The iconic programs are omnibus in nature and offer many services to children and their parents. We compare …