) studies, we find that the significantly positive impact of family status on children s health outcomes disappears if we …

outcomes. We ask whether birth order differences in health are present at birth using matched administrative data for more than … 1,000,000 children born in Denmark between 1981 and 2010. Using family fixed effects models, we find a positive and … robust birth order effect; lower parity children are less healthy at birth. Looking at the potential mechanisms, we find that …

impacts of paternal access to workplace flexibility on maternal postpartum health. We model household demand for paternal … physical postpartum health complications and improves her mental health. Our results suggest that mothers bear the burden from … documented — but also indirectly, as fathers' inability to respond to domestic shocks exacerbates the maternal health costs of …

Family structure is usually believed to affect children's human capital. Is it possible that causality goes in the … child with health problems when women enter the last decade of their reproductive life. I present a simple theoretical model …

utilize medical services. We also find differences in parental health investment. First-born children are more likely to …This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between birth order, health at birth and in childhood …, and parental health investment using administrative data from Austria. We find significant birth order effects on health …

engaged in positive parenting. An extra day (per month) of time-investment by a typical visiting father enhances child health … by just over 10% of a standard deviation. This estimate is not biased by the effect of child health on father … implications regarding the role of a father's time in enhancing child health, especially in fragile families. …

the mother's health and health-related behaviours and exposures are systematically positively associated with the …

order, health at birth and in childhood, and parental health investment. High-quality administrative data on children born … order differences in parental health investment. Compared to their later-born siblings, first-born children are more likely … known about birth order effects on health. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between birth …

always hold. In Botswana, children aged 6-60 months are eligible for monthly food ration provided through the health care … facilities. Notwithstanding this, child health as measured by the three anthropometric indicators: stunting (low height for age … effect on health. Using the 2009/10 Botswana Core Welfare Indicator Survey (BCWIS) data we estimate the random effects model …

impacts of paternal access to workplace flexibility on maternal postpartum health. We model household demand for paternal … physical postpartum health complications and improves her mental health. Our results suggest that mothers bear the burden from … documented - but also indirectly, as fathers' inability to respond to domestic shocks exacerbates the maternal health costs of …