on vaccine compliance among Muslim mothers. Muslim mothers reduced routine vaccination of children born after the 2000 …In 1996, following an epidemic, Pfizer tested a new drug on 200 children in Muslim Nigeria. 11 children died while … others were disabled. We study the effects of the disclosure, in 2000, of the deaths of Muslim children in the Pfizer trials …

In western countries, accidents are the leading cause of death and injury among children, far surpassing diseases as a … maternal employment on unintentional injuries to children vary by demographic group, with the effects being positive for blacks … winners and losers. In particular, while some children may benefit from safer environments, others that appear to be squeezed …

sizeable among children born to mothers whose closest hospital had a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, suggest- ing that insurance … coverage under the Medicaid program over this period. Among teen mothers and high school dropouts, who were largely uninsured …

be responsible for poor health and low levels of schooling among the children of young mothers. This paper uses special … mothers are much more likely to repeat one or more grades than other children, and within-household estimates of this … the effect of maternal age and single parenthood on children's disability status and school progress. Our results suggest …

that children in poor health will, more likely, face obstacles beyond their illness, since they will also be more likely to … mitigating factor is that, for white children, they will be more likely than healthy children to living in an extended family …

). Respondents in the NLSY were aged 21 to 29 in 1986; thus our sample consists of children of relatively young mothers. We show that …This paper analyzes the relationship between maternal labor supply and children's cognitive development, using a sample … of three- and four-year-old children of female respondents from the 1986 National Longitudinal Surveys Youth Cohort (NLSY …