Children’s health and later life outcomes

Family background plays a crucial role in children’s outcomes in later life – but what is the specific impact of health in childhood (including in utero) on educational attainment, earnings and the likelihood of being in poverty in adulthood? Janet Currie of Columbia University talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about the latest research evidence. The interview was recorded at the American Economic Association meetings in New Orleans in January 2008.