) wealth and health or (ii) parental income and children's outcomes do not reflect a causal effect of wealth …We use administrative data on Swedish lottery players to estimate the causal impact of wealth on players' own health … and their children's health and developmental outcomes. Our estimation sample is large, virtually free of attrition, and …

to unmarried women in India, on child height. We find robust evidence that the HSAA improved the height and weight of …Child height is a significant predictor of human capital and economic status throughout adulthood. Moreover, non … children. In addition, we find evidence consistent with a channel that the policy improved the women's intrahousehold …

determinants of the height gap between children in India and sub-Saharan Africa as Jayachandran & Pande (2... …To overcome poverty, strengthening human development is crucial. However, today 250 million children younger than 5 …

indicate that the HSAA improved children's height and weight. Furthermore, we uncover evidence supporting a mechanism whereby … Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted inheritance rights to unmarried women in India, on child health. Our findings … care for children and improved child health. These results emphasize that children fare better when mothers control a …

learning tests, this paper documents a height–achievement slope among Indian children. The height–achievement slope in India is …Taller children perform better on average on tests of cognitive achievement, in part because of differences in early …-life health and net nutrition. Recent research documenting this height–achievement slope has primarily focused on rich countries …