during childhood using data from a longitudinal study, the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, starting at birth. Our work … characteristics of children. Third, we examine the skill development for girls and boys separately, as well as for children who were …

well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological …

well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, an epidemiological cohort …

early health shocks for children. We estimate a human capital production function and establish that, for this sample, early …

early health shocks for children.We estimate a human capital production function and establish that, for this sample, early …

This paper aims to investigate the drivers of inequality of opportunity in health outcome among children below 5 years … examine the pattern of child health inequality. The results of the anthropometric measures show that 1.5% of children in …

children. The association between maternal birth weight and child school test scores corresponds to 80 percent of the … outcomes of their children, and when controlling for parental education and economic resources. Child test scores are also …

investment in children. A key to understanding the data patterns is to document the sources underlying the observed inequalities … associated with enriched parent-child interactions and improved vocabulary, math, and social-emotional skills for the children … reducing socioeconomic gaps in children’s skills, but that simple informational policies may not be sufficient …