In this paper we estimate production functions for cognition and health throughout four stages of childhood from 5 … function include parental background, prior child cognition and health and child investments. We allow investments to be … endogenous and they depend on local prices and household income, as well as on the exogenous determinants of cognition and health …

physical violence while the victim is pregnant) on health outcomes of children born to victims. We use data on approximately 0 … understanding of the child health production process in a developing country context. …

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, based on the Young Lives … functions include parental background, prior child cognition and health, and child investments, which are taken as endogenous … show an important effect of early health on child cognitive development, which then becomes persistent. Parental investments …

physical violence while the victim is pregnant) on health outcomes of children born to victims. We use data on approximately 0 … understanding of the child health production process in a developing country context …

This paper investigates the consequences of prenatal exposure to hot temperatures on child health in Sub-Saharan Africa … of the Demographic and Health Surveys merged with gridded data on the presence of heat waves and their magnitude since … the 1980s, we investigate the effects of inutero exposure to heat waves on several birth and early childhood health …

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, where over 70 million …, prior child cognition and health, and child investments. We use income and local prices to control for the endogeneity of … investments. We find that cognition is sensitive to investments throughout the age range we consider, while health is mainly …

Improving maternal and child health outcomes is a major development objective. Targets related to these outcomes were … Sustainable Development Goals (under Goal 3 health targets). Turkey is among the few successful middle-income countries that have … significantly reduced the under-5 mortality rate below the MDG 2015 target levels. This study analyses improved demand-side (health …

In this paper we estimate production functions for cognition and health throughout four stages of childhood from 5 … function include parental background, prior child cognition and health and child investments. We allow investments to be … endogenous and they depend on local prices and household income, as well as on the exogenous determinants of cognition and health …

This paper investigates the consequences of prenatal exposure to hot temperatures on child health in Sub-Saharan Africa … of the Demographic and Health Surveys merged with gridded data on the presence of heat waves and their magnitude since … the 1980s, we investigate the effects of inutero exposure to heat waves on several birth and early childhood health …