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 …

in life along multiple measures. We also find that the children of those exposed also experience improved health and … Indonesian Family Life Survey covering two generations. We find that individuals exposed to the program have better health later …

Empirical studies show that years of schooling are positively correlated with good health. The implication may go from … education to health, from health to education, or from factors that influence both variables. We formalize a model that … determines an individual's demand for knowledge and health based on the causal effects, and study the impacts on the individual …

at the time of the shock. To address this question, we leverage rich Norwegian population-wide register data and exploit …, even though displacement episodes early in children’s lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children’s teenage years have the largest effects on human …

at the time of the shock. To address this question, we leverage rich Norwegian population-wide register data and exploit …, even though displacement episodes early in children's lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children's teenage years have the largest effects on human …

In this paper we use a new data set describing households with and without twin children in China to quantify the trade … schooling progress, the expected college enrollment, grades in school and the assessed health of all children in the family. We … deficit of twins. Despite the evident significant trade-off between number of children and child quality in China, however …

In this paper we use a new data set describing households with and without twin children in China to quantify the trade … schooling progress, the expected college enrollment, grades in school and the assessed health of all children in the family. We … deficit of twins. Despite the evident significant trade-off between number of children and child quality in China, however …

-term outcomes, including lifetime income, health, cognitive skills, and education. Our results show that the school lunch program … attainment and health and these effects can explain a large part of the return to school lunches. …

beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor incomes, crime, education, and mothers' labor in- comes, with greater …

children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn … children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not …