Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at … one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper presents an empirical … over time. A one percent increase in birth weight increase child's noncognitive skills by 0.34 percent and child's health …

Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at … one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper presents an empirical … over time. A one percent increase in birth weight increase child's noncognitive skills by 0.34 percent and child's health …

This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three …. Secondly, we are able to follow the effect of pollution exposure on a child's health during the first three years of life … significantly negative impact for some pollutants on infant health during early childhood. In comparison to outdoor pollution …

In this paper, we examine how parental health affects children's development of personality traits and problem behavior … significant impacts on children's emotional symptoms, hyperactivity and neuroticism. Paternal health seems to be less relevant for … the development of these non-cognitive characteristics. However, we observe that paternal health shocks cause children to …

Using experimental data of children and their mothers, this paper explores the intergenerational relationship of … choice task where the mothers faced trade-offs between a smaller-sooner and a larger-later monetary reward with a delay of …

mothers are higher in France than in Germany. Since the sample of mothers deciding on employment after a child is born might …

This contribution is concerned with the decision of young mothers who were employed during the year before childbirth …

significantly poorer health. For example, the father's body mass index (BMI) is a predictor for their children's BMI. Mothers who …The prevalence and importance of children's physical health problems have been increasingly recognized in recent years …. Physical health problems of children such as obesity, motor impairment and chronic diseases cause social costs. Further, they …