using a unique dataset from Norway, we examine both short-run and long-run outcomes for the same cohorts. We find that birth … of children from poorer families. …

law change in Norway that extended smoking restrictions to bars and restaurants, we find that children of female workers … impact on birth outcomes of children of female workers who are affected by smoking bans in the workplace. Analyzing a 2004 … weight (VLBW) threshold and were less likely to be born pre-term. Using detailed data on smoking status during pregnancy, we …

On average, child health outcomes are better in urban than in rural areas of developing countries. Understanding the … nature and the causes of this rural-urban disparity is essential in contemplating the health consequences of the rapid … urbanization taking place throughout the developing world and in targeting resources appropriately to raise population health. We …

services on maternal and infant health. Since basic medical care has been universally available in Ukraine, implementation of … the Mother and Infant Health Project allows addressing quality rather than quantity effect of medical care. Employing … improvements in both maternal and infant health compared to the control rayons. Among the infant health outcomes, the MIHP impact …

children born to 600000 mothers during 1970-2000 in 38 developing countries. These data are merged with macroeconomic data by …This paper investigates the sensitivity of the intergenerational transmission of health to exogenous changes in income …, education and public health, changes that are often delivered by economic growth. It uses individual survey data on 2.24 million …

offspring of mothers who experienced the China Great Leap Forward Famine. The direct impact on entrance to senior high school is … understates the total impact on the second generation's accumulation of human capital. Our estimation results are generally robust … to IV estimation. …

This study investigates the effects of maternal education on child's health and health behavior. We draw on a rich … effects on health behavior for adolescent daughters, but neither for adolescent sons nor for the health status of newborns. We …'s health behavior, assortative mating, household income, and child¿s schooling track as possible channels of the estimated …

This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes … significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behaviour for adolescent …

This paper estimates the causal effect of being born to a teenage mother on children's outcomes, exploiting compulsory … the daughters of teenage mothers are significantly more likely to become teenage mothers themselves. …