Some observers have concluded that poor children suffer from ''double jeopardy''in that they
are both more likely to suffer negative health shocks and less likely to be able to recover …

The authors of this article examine the relationship between social factors and low birth
weight and the ways in which disparities in socioeconomic status have been addressed over …

In this paper, we examine the effect of income on child development in the United States and
the United Kingdom, as measured by scores on cognitive, behavioral, and social …

We use administrative data on a sample of births between 1978 and 1985 to investigate the
short-, medium-, and long-term consequences of poor infant health. Our findings offer …

We exploit a “natural experiment” associated with human reproduction to identify the causal
effect of teen childbearing on the socioeconomic attainment of teen mothers. We exploit the …

Objectives In high‐income populations, evidence suggests that socioeconomic
disadvantage early in life is correlated with reproductive strategy. Children growing up in …

The past two decades have been characterized by a growing body of research from diverse
disciplines—child development, psychology, neuroscience, and economics, among others …

Steven Barnett and Clive Belfield examine the effects of preschool education on social
mobility in the United States. They note that under current policy three-and four-year-old …

Prior research has identified statistically significant but small income effects for children's
cognitive, language, and social outcomes. We examine the impact of family economic …

Past research documents the persistence of positive impacts of early life interventions on
noncognitive skills. We test the symmetry of this finding by studying the persistence of a …