Edward Berchick - Change and stability in the association between mother’s education and subjective child health across 1965-2014 birth cohorts
Research on the maternal education gradient in child health generally views the strength of the gradient as fixed across the twentieth century. However, secular trends in health and education might have narrowed the education gradient across birth cohorts, whereas advantaged families’ engagement in a “reproduction project” marked by increased child-focused resource allocation might have offset these gains.