problems, caused by inbreeding depression. As a result, the relationship between parental wealth and children’s health includes …In this note, I address the trade-off between children’s health and parental preference toward similarity with children …. In my model, better-off individuals mate genetically close partners and then use wealth to treat their children’s health …

The positive cross-country correlation between health and economic growth is well-established, but the underlying … causality between health and economic growth is empirically challenging. Second, the relation between health and economic growth … changes over the process of economic development. Third, different dimensions of health (mortality vs. morbidity, children …

presents new evidence on the effects of violent crime on pregnancy and infant health outcomes, using unique linked … victimization rate. As infant health is a strong predictor of life-long well-being, and women of lower socioeconomic status are more …

, behavioral, and health outcomes for a population sample of children from nonnuclear families in Denmark. Instrumental variables … health outcomes. Failing to control for endogeneity biases the results in favor of more proximate parents. These findings …

, behavioral, and health outcomes for a population sample of children from nonnuclear families in Denmark. Instrumental variables … health outcomes. Failing to control for endogeneity biases the results in favor of more proximate parents. These findings …