outcomes. We ask whether birth order differences in health are present at birth using matched administrative data for more than … 1,000,000 children born in Denmark between 1981 and 2010. Using family fixed effects models, we find a positive and … robust birth order effect; lower parity children are less healthy at birth. Looking at the potential mechanisms, we find that …

always hold. In Botswana, children aged 6-60 months are eligible for monthly food ration provided through the health care … facilities. Notwithstanding this, child health as measured by the three anthropometric indicators: stunting (low height for age … effect on health. Using the 2009/10 Botswana Core Welfare Indicator Survey (BCWIS) data we estimate the random effects model …

alcohol induced health conditions. We also critically test for reverse causality by estimating fertility responses to the … health of existing children. We conclude that the effects on health are not severely biased; however, the large negative … mechanisms behind these effects are, however, still largely unknown. In this paper, we examine birth-order effects on health, and …

test for reverse causality by estimating fertility responses to the health of existing children. We conclude that the … health, and whether health at young age could be a transmission channel for birth-order effects observed later in life. We … find no support for the birth-order effect having a biological origin; rather firstborns have worse health at birth. This …