recent studies have suggested, parents favor healthier children. Children with poor health are found to receive fewer …-family regression models, using low birth weight as a proxy for child health, find no evidence that parents compensate for or reinforce … children with poor health, and raise doubts about the utility of human capital models to explain birth weight disparities in …

children from low socioeconomic background are more likely to suffer from 'objectively measured' health problems - except for …We use newly available data from Germany to study the relationship between parental income and child health. We find a … strong gradient between parental income and subjective child health as has been documented earlier in the US, Canada and the …

children with US-born parents and those with at least one immigrant parent. We found that children with immigrant parents have …-born people, thus raising concerns about health inequities during pandemics. We analyzed influenza vaccination rates among …

Using Norwegian administrative register data, we assess the impact of health shocks hitting lone parents, specifically … to the deteriorating health of a parent tend to be short-lived and mostly manifest as temporary absences from work rather …

We present a field experiment to study the effects of non-monetary incentives on healthy food choices of 282 children … be feasible. We introduce a system where food items are graded based on their nutritional value, involving parents or … classmates as change agents by providing them with information regarding the food choices of their children or friends. We find …

We present a field experiment to study the effects of non-monetary incentives on healthy food choices of 282 children … be feasible. We introduce a system where food items are graded based on their nutritional value, involving parents or … classmates as change agents by providing them with information regarding the food choices of their children or friends. We find …

incentivized participants having formed healthy habits by the time the experiment ended and that only the speed of the transition … to the new (health) equilibrium was affected by the additional rewards. Contrary to the pessimistic perspective presented … rewards can result in long-term health behavioral change. …

incentivized participants having formed healthy habits by the time the experiment ended and that only the speed of the transition … to the new (health) equilibrium was affected by the additional rewards. Contrary to the pessimistic perspective presented … rewards can result in long-term health behavioral change. …

. Then, we conduct a field experiment with nearly 150 3-5 year old children and their parents, measuring (1) whether child … of social preferences by providing mechanisms through which parents transmit preferences for generosity to their children … and parent generosity is correlated, (2) whether children are influenced by their parents when making sharing decisions …