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cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth linked with information on their 10- to 14-year-old children from the … parent-child activities, children feeling close to their mothers, and mothers knowing their children's whereabouts, with the … effects generally concentrated among boys. These findings have implications for children's development and contribute to a …
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, are other consequences of the minimum wage that stem from changes in a household's income and labor supply. We examine the … effects of the minimum wage on child health. We employ data from the National Survey of Children's Health in conjunction with …
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We provide some of the first empirical evidence of maternal and fetal health effects of working during pregnancy by using a unique dataset from the New Jersey Department of Health that includes information not only on pregnancy and birth outcomes but also on maternal employment. We match the...
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The recent drinking water crisis in Newark, New Jersey's largest city, has renewed concerns about the lead-in-water crisis becoming a persistent and widespread problem owing to the nation's aging infrastructure. We exploit a unique natural experiment in Newark, which exogenously exposed some...
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Michael Grossman's seminal publication on the demand for health and health production (Grossman 1972) has spawned a substantial body of research focusing on the production of infant health. This article provides a systematic review of the published literature to date on infant health production...
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regarding the impact these smoking bans at the state and local levels have on the health of children and infants. A rationale … consumption and declines in adult ETS exposure extend to children. However, if smokers compensate by shifting their consumption of … on children and infants. This study provides comprehensive estimates of how 100% smoke-free regulations impact the venue …
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