-educated caregivers have the knowledge and skills to safeguard their children's health and stimulate their cognitive development. In … more likely to marry a partner with tertiary education and their children have better early childhood development outcomes ….25 standard deviations of test scores once children are of school age. The primary mechanism seems to be that more …

maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies … early motherhood for the mother have been extensively investigated, the impact on their children is severely understudied …

born children and in families with fewer sons. We then study the son preference-specific girl-penalty in early cognitive …

beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor incomes, crime, education, and mothers' labor in- comes, with greater …

of public health interventions for children exposed to lead. This paper estimates the long-term impacts of early … referrals) recommended for lead-poisoned children. Using linked administrative data from Charlotte, NC, we compare outcomes for … children who are similar across observable characteristics but differ in eligibility for intervention due to blood lead test …

beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor incomes, crime, education, and mothers' labor incomes, with greater …

beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor incomes, crime, education, and mothers' labor incomes, with greater …