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 …

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 …

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 …

theory and empirical research. It is about education and health, i.e. the educational qualifications of employees and their …

explain the connection. The health behaviour of the children and the health accumulated over the life course appear as …

link. Children's health behaviour and the health accumulated over the life course appear as important channels. The …

children who have a sibling in poor health persistently lag behind other children in their cognitive development - but only for … cognitive developmental gaps. The results are strongest when the ill-health in the sibling is of a temporary rather than longer …

age on offspring human capital in terms of health and cognition. The analysis relies on mother fixed effects to allow for …. Interestingly, the Adolescent Motherhood, Human Capital, Child Development, Cognition, Health, Nutrition, Gender, Parenting effect … on health weakens over time, while the cognition effect surges in early adolescence. Further analysis suggests both …

investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies … maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers …

study investigated the unique relationship between investment in human capital proxied by spending in education and health … investment comprising private and government health expenditures, primary, secondary and tertiary education expenditures were … health. …