We examine the effects of a quasi-experimental unconditional household income transfer on
child emotional and behavioral health and personality traits. Using longitudinal data, we find …

Abstract Anne Case et al.(2002), using cross-sectional data, found a positive relationship
between children's health and income, with income's protective effect increasing with age …

What parents do for children “matters”—or so it is assumed. Much of the literature on social
inequality at the individual or household level in the United States has focused on the role …

Decades of social science research have documented correlations between the social,
educational, behavioral, and economic outcomes of parents and children. For example …

Research in child development reveals that the sources, level, stability, and uses of family
resources have a profound effect on children's well–being and long–term outcomes …

A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted
toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is …

There is increasing evidence that the first few years after birth are particularly important in
child development and present opportunities for enrichment but also vulnerabilities do to …

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 …

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 …

This paper explores the relationship among health at birth, academic outcomes, and the
potential role of parental investments using administrative panel data from Chile. Using …