That prenatal events can have life-long consequences is now well established.
Nevertheless, research on the fetal origins hypothesis is flourishing and has expanded to …

We systematically review the literature linking health to economic activity, particularly
education and labor market outcomes, over the lifecycle. In the first part, we review studies …

Boys born to disadvantaged families have higher rates of disciplinary problems, lower
achievement scores, and fewer high school completions than girls from comparable …

Objective This study examined the impact of in utero exposure to Ramadan, the Islamic
fasting month, by trimester on height at ages 0 to 18 for a sample of children from Tehran …

This paper examines whether nutritional disruptions experienced during the stage of fetal
development impair an individual's labor market productivity later in life. We consider …

In this article, we append information from four cross‐sectional household surveys (Multiple
Indictors Cluster Survey of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) in …

Background: Fetal malnutrition is a risk factor for increased neonatal morbidities and
mortalities worldwide. BMI and CANScore had been used for determining fetal malnutrition …

It is well-established that the prenatal period is a critical and sensitive period of an
individual's life, linking prenatal circumstances to short-and long-term outcomes such as …

The association of season of birth with cognitive development, academic performance and
educational attainment has been well documented in western countries. However, little …

This thesis investigates the impact of potential fetal malnutrition on the cognitive
development. It accounts for the endogeneity of fetal malnutrition by using the expo-sure to …