There are many possible pathways between parental education, income, and health, and
between child health and education, but only some of them have been explored in the …

The fetal origins hypothesis asserts that nutrient deprivation in utero can raise chronic
disease risk. Within economics, this hypothesis has gained acceptance as a leading …

This paper examines impacts of childhood health on socioeconomic status (SES) outcomes
observed during adulthood: levels and trajectories of education, family income, household …

There are many possible pathways between parental education, income, and health, and
between child health and education, but only some of them have been explored in the …

By combining two unique Taiwanese datasets, this paper investigates how birth weight
affects grades at age 15 years. To tackle the endogeneity problem caused by omitted …

A full accounting of the excess burden of poor health in childhood must include any
continuing loss of productivity over the life course. Including these costs results in a much …

Deficient birth outcomes entail greater mortality risks, and higher probabilities of poor future
health. This study is the first statistical examination of the effect of the World Health …

In this paper we explore the impact of birth weight on childrens cognitive and behavioural
outcomes using data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. In order to deal with the …

Scope and method of study. The purpose of this study was to present a method for analyzing
existing, nationally-available social data in a health context. This research study utilized the …

The connection between poor health and low income has long been recognized. Along
almost any dimension, the poor suffer from worse health. Even among children, who are …