relationship between income and child development in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Treated mothers and children experienced large …

Firearm violence is a pervasive public health crisis in the United States, with significant numbers of homicides … consequences of stress induced by these attacks on newborn health. We use two approaches to examine this question. First, we …, led to significant terror and disruptions in daily life over a three-week period. We compare birth outcomes of children …

find that the expansion of subsidized child care has led to improved health-seeking behavior when children get sick …Early childhood education programs have been found to effectively promote children’s social and cognitive development …. However, the health impact of these programs is less understood. Using a quasi-experiment of the first universal child care …

We provide new evidence on the effect of education on later life health. Using variation in state compulsory schooling … laws, we examine education's effect on a range of outcomes encompassing physical health, decision-making, and life … expectancy. We employ under-utilized Health and Retirement Study data linked to restricted geographic identifiers, allowing us to …

premature, the medical literature suggests that they have an increased risk of serious adverse health outcomes compared to …