We analyze to what extent health outcomes of Swedish children are worse among children whose parents become unemployed … parental unemployment. We find that children with unemployed parents are 17% more likely to be hospitalized than other children …. To this end we combine Swedish hospitalization data for 1992-2007 for children 3-18 years of age with register data on …

Lives project conducted in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is found that health shocks to poorer parents reduce investments in …This paper explores the intergenerational effects of parental health shocks using longitudinal data from the Young … children thereby reducing their future earnings, and perpetuating poverty and inequality. The paper discusses important …

health that makes a difference as far as child schooling is concerned. Children whose mothers self-reported having poor … and depression symptoms. Moreover, we find that mothers' health shocks have more negative consequences on younger children …Evidence on the role of parental health on child schooling is surprisingly thin. We explore this issue by estimating …

outcomes such as cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and various dimensions of health at the age of 18. We find significant … and positive effects of maternal education on sons' skills and health status. Although the reform had equally strong …

health that makes a difference as far as child schooling is concerned. Children whose mothers self reported having poor … and depression symptoms. Moreover, we find that mothers' health shocks have more negative consequences on younger children …Evidence on the role of parental health on child schooling is surprisingly thin. We explore this issue by estimating …