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This study uses data from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to test for evidence of a causal … relationship between maternal alcohol use, marijuana use and cocaine use, and children's behavior problems. Ordinary least squares … results provide strong evidence that maternal substance use is associated with children's behavior problems. Models that …
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aimed" at children. Data on violence come from the 1976 Physical Violence in American Families survey. " We estimate a …
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of alcohol regulation on physical child abuse. Given the established relationship between alcohol consumption and violence, the principal hypothesis to be tested is that an increase in the price of alcohol will lead to a reduction in the...
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of state-level Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) laws in the U …
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The demand for health care and healthcare professionals is predicted to grow significantly over the next decade. Securing an adequate health care workforce is of primary importance to ensure the health and wellbeing of the population in an efficient manner. Occupational licensing laws and...
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Cycling is popular among children, but results in thousands of injuries annually. In recent years, many states and … among children. However, laws also are associated with decreases in non-head cycling injuries, as well as increases in head …
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, we estimate the effects of maternal employment on these outcomes measured when children are 6 months old. Next, we use … children's lives. Among mothers of six month old infants, maternal work hours are positively associated with depressive …
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Smoking during pregnancy has been shown to have significant adverse health effects for new born babies. Smoking is the leading preventable cause of low birth weight of infants who in turn, need more resources at delivery and are more likely to have related health problems in infancy and beyond....
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