In today's research environment, children's diet, physical activity, and other lifestyle factors
are commonly studied in the context of health, independent of their effect on cognition and …

Chronic malnutrition, including stunting, is an important example of a global challenge that
spans multiple sectors, specifically health, agriculture, and the environment. The objective of …

In 2005 a large earthquake struck northern Pakistan. Exposure to the earthquake was
plausibly exogenous to household and individual characteristics, and households received …

METHODS: We used data from the 2011–2012 National Survey of Children's Health, a
nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized children in the United States, and …

This paper estimates the effects on rural education of the send-down movement during the
Cultural Revolution, when about 16 million urban youth were mandated to resettle in the …

Stress proliferation theory suggests that parental incarceration may have deleterious
intergenerational health consequences. In this study, I use data from the 2011–2012 …

This chapter seeks to set out what economists have learned about the effects of early
childhood influences on later life outcomes, and about ameliorating the effects of negative …

The first part of the lecture will review some of the evidence about the determinants of health
at birth. I argue that individuals may start with very different endowments at birth because of …

At a time when social inequalities are increasing at an alarming rate, this new edition of Mel
Bartleys popular book is a vital resource for understanding the extent of health inequalities …

This chapter examines the relationship between health and economic growth. Across
countries, income per capita is highly correlated with health, as measured by life expectancy …