In this paper we estimate production functions for cognition and health throughout four stages of childhood from 5 …-15 years of age using two cohorts of children drawn from the Young Lives Survey for India. The inputs into the production … function include parental background, prior child cognition and health and child investments. We allow investments to be …

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, where over 70 million … children aged 0-5 are at risk of developmental deficits. The inputs into the production functions include parental background …, prior child cognition and health, and child investments. We use income and local prices to control for the endogeneity of …

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, based on the Young Lives … affect cognitive development at all ages, but more so for younger children. Investments also have an impact on health at … Survey. India has over 70 million children aged 0-5 who are at risk of developmental deficits. The inputs into the production …

with the least mobility are in Latin America, and the most mobility is in more urbanized areas of Africa and Asia. Rank …-order regression provides a robust metric of health equity, revealing differences in opportunities for each child to reach their own …-order mobility is an important aspect of health equity, offering valuable insight into the role of socio-ecological factors in …

have devastating effects not only on the individual but the entire household, including children. If a parental health … with consequences on their adult health. Using a detailed longitudinal dataset of Danish children born in the period 1987 …-2000, this paper studies how a severe parental health shock affects children's school achievements. We use coarsened exact …

We study the mechanism of action of an early-life social safety net program, and quantify its impact on child health …), Chile's flagship early-life health and social welfare program, using administrative birth data matched to social benefits … outcomes toward the middle of the distribution of health at birth. We show that the program is efficient when compared to other …

South Africa is one of only a handful of countries in which the prevalence of child stunting has increased over the … stunting's evolution among South African children and adolescents aged 0–19, with particular attention to how the prevalence of … standards are controlled for, the higher tendency for children in deep rural households to suffer from (severe) stunting …

of gift-giving can have a lasting detrimental health impact on their children. Using a primary census-type panel …