PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Leah EM Bevis AU - Kira Villa TI - Intergenerational Transmission of Maternal Health: Evidence from Cebu, the Philippines AID - 10.3368/jhr.58.1.0819-10372R2 DP - 2020 Aug 06 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - 0819-10372R2 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2020/08/11/jhr.58.1.0819-10372R2.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2020/08/11/jhr.58.1.0819-10372R2.full AB - We examine the intergenerational transmission of mother-to-child health, using unique data tracking a cohort of Filipino children. We provide causal estimates of the impact of maternal health on child health, and examine the persistence of this relationship from birth through adolescence. We find that mother’s health continues to impact child health throughout childhood. Previous estimates gauging transmission at any single point during childhood therefore underestimate the full impact. The effect of mother’s health on child height-for-age z-score is only partly explained by birthweight, socioeconomic mechanisms or parental inputs; maternal health may additionally shape childhood growth trajectories until puberty.