find that children's capabilities strongly interact and build on each other: health is an important determinant of early …This paper analyzes the developmental origins and the evolution of health, cognitive, and socio-emotional skills during … early childhood, from age 0 to 5. We explicitly model the dynamic interactions of health with the child's behavior and …

This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U … early life interventions for promoting health …

and their children's health and developmental outcomes. Our estimation sample is large, virtually free of attrition, and … children's health care utilization in the years following the lottery and may also reduce obesity risk. The effects on most …) wealth and health or (ii) parental income and children's outcomes do not reflect a causal effect of wealth …

health and women's earnings following IVF birth, along-side an increase in subsequent fertility. We provide the first …

This paper investigates the intergenerational effect of communication barriers on child health at birth using a natural … records of all refugee arrivals and birth events between 2010 and 2017 show that children born to mothers who were exogenously …

comprehensive set of health, non-cognitive development, and academic outcomes of children and adolescents. Applying an individual …The relationship between physical activity and child health and development is well-documented, yet the extant … literature provides limited causal insight into the amount of physical activity considered optimal for improving any given health …

Birth weight is the most widely used indicator of neonatal health, mainly because it is routinely recorded in birth … of the fetus and of the newborn are more informative about the prenatal environment and more predictive of child health …

Birth weight is the most widely used indicator of neonatal health, mainly because it is routinely recorded in birth … of the fetus and of the newborn are more informative about the prenatal environment and more predictive of child health …

of public health interventions for children exposed to lead. This paper estimates the long-term impacts of early … referrals) recommended for lead-poisoned children. Using linked administrative data from Charlotte, NC, we compare outcomes for … children who are similar across observable characteristics but differ in eligibility for intervention due to blood lead test …

births of 63%. This narrowed differences in health between IVF and non- IVF births by 53%, and differences in the labor … market outcomes of mothers three years after birth by 85%. For first time mothers it also narrowed the gap in maternal health …, reducing hospitalization costs and the foregone income of mothers and improving the long-run socioeconomic outcomes of children …