of obesity and the probability of having a chronic health condition in adulthood. Using the plausibly exogenous city … find an elevated incidence of chronic health conditions such as stroke, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disorder … in adulthood among these wartime children. …

children experienced a health shock at different ages. We show that these families have very similar characteristics and were …We provide novel evidence on the impact of a child's health shock on parental labor market outcomes. To identify the … timing of the health shock. We do this by comparing parents across families in similar parental and child age cohorts whose …

children experienced a health shock at different ages. We show that these families have very similar characteristics and were …We provide novel evidence on the impact of a child's health shock on parental labor market outcomes. To identify the … timing of the health shock. We do this by comparing parents across families in similar parental and child age cohorts whose …

Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … hypothetical investment scenarios. We show that perceived returns are predictive of health investments and outcomes, and that less … educated parents perceive the returns to health investments to be lower, thus contributing to the socioeconomic inequality in …

We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children's development towards their adult health status. For …. Long-run health is proxied by adult height. The relation between siblings' ages at migration and their heights after age 18 … mother is well-educated. -- Early-life conditions ; migration ; parental education ; adult health ; height retardation ; age …

We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children's development towards their adult health status. For …-run health is proxied by adult height. The relation between siblings' ages at migration and their heights after age 18 allows us … mother is well-educated. -- early-life conditions ; migration ; parental education ; adult health ; height retardation ; age …

We estimate and decompose family income-related inequality in child health in the US and analyze its dynamics using the … income-related health mobility index recently introduced by Allanson et al., 2010. Data come from the 1997, 2002, and 2007 … income-related child health inequality remains stable from early childhood into adolescence. The main factor underlying …

Though the positive income gradient of child health is well documented in developed countries, evidence from developing … countries is rare. Few studies attempt to identify a causal link between family income and child health. Utilizing unique … longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we have found a positive, age-enhancing income gradient of child …