Children’s Health, Well-Being, and Human Capital Formation

This workshop was part of one or more previous editions of the BSE Summer Forum. Not all workshops are held every year. Watch this space for details about upcoming editions!

The BSE Summer Forum Workshop on Children’s Health, Well-being, and Human Capital Formation covers research broadly related to the determinants of child well-being and human capital development, including health as well as cognitive and non-cognitive skills.

Examples may include:

• The effect of economic conditions on infant and child health
• The impact of taxes and benefits on child well-being
• Cognitive and non-cognitive development
• The role of pre-primary and primary school on early human capital development
• Influences of other factors such as pre-natal conditions, medical care quality, environmental factors, etc.

We also address issues related to the medium- and long-term consequences of poor health or different shocks or interventions during childhood.