@article {7512,
	title = {Causes and consequences of early-life health.},
	journal = {Demography},
	volume = {47 Suppl},
	year = {2010},
	month = {2010},
	pages = {S65-85},
	publisher = {47},
	abstract = {<p>We examine the consequences of child health for economic and health outcomes in adulthood, using height as a marker of childhood health. After reviewing previous evidence, we present a conceptual framework that highlights data limitations and methodological problems that complicate the study of this topic. We then present estimates of the associations between height and a range of outcomes--including schooling, employment, earnings, health, and cognitive ability--measured in five data sets from early to late adulthood. These results indicate that, on average, taller individuals attain higher levels of education. Height is also positively associated with better economic, health, and cognitive outcomes. These associations are only partially explained by the higher average educational attainment of taller individuals. We then use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Children and Young Adults survey to document the associations between health, cognitive development, and growth in childhood. Even among children with the same mother, taller siblings score better on cognitive tests and progress through school more quickly. Part of the differences found between siblings arises from differences in their birth weights and lengths attributable to mother{\textquoteright}s behaviors while pregnant. Taken together, these results support the hypothesis that childhood health influences health and economic status throughout adulthood.</p>},
	keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Body Height, Child, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Educational Status, Employment, Family Characteristics, Female, Health Status, Humans, Income, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Pregnancy, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Regression Analysis, Socioeconomic factors, United Kingdom},
	issn = {0070-3370},
	doi = {10.1353/dem.2010.0007},
	author = {Case, Anne and Paxson, Christina}
}
@article {7299,
	title = {Early Life Health and Cognitive Function in Old Age.},
	journal = {Am Econ Rev},
	volume = {99},
	year = {2009},
	month = {2009 May},
	pages = {104-109},
	publisher = {99},
	keywords = {Adult, Aged, Child, Cognition Disorders, Communicable Diseases, Health Status, Humans, Infant, Infant Mortality, United States},
	issn = {0002-8282},
	doi = {10.1257/aer.99.2.104},
	author = {Case, Anne and Paxson, Christina}
}
@article {5724,
	title = {Height, Health and Cognitive Function at Older Ages},
	year = {2008},
	keywords = {Health Conditions and Status},
	url = {http://www.princeton.edu/rpds/papers/pdfs/Case_Paxson_Height_Health_and_Cognitive_Function.pdf},
	author = {Case, Anne and Paxson, Christina}
}
@article {7287,
	title = {Stature and status: Height, ability, and labor market outcomes.},
	journal = {J Polit Econ},
	volume = {116},
	year = {2008},
	month = {2008},
	pages = {499-532},
	publisher = {116},
	abstract = {<p>The well-known association between height and earnings is often thought to reflect factors such as self esteem, social dominance, and discrimination. We offer a simpler explanation: height is positively associated with cognitive ability, which is rewarded in the labor market. Using data from the US and the UK, we show that taller children have higher average cognitive test scores, and that these test scores explain a large portion of the height premium in earnings. Children who have higher test scores also experience earlier adolescent growth spurts, so that height in adolescence serves as a marker of cognitive ability.</p>},
	issn = {0022-3808},
	doi = {10.1086/589524},
	author = {Case, Anne and Paxson, Christina}
}
