concentrated among children whose parents have a high school education or less …We study the relationship between parental job loss and children's academic achievement using data on job loss and … grade retention from the 1996, 2001, and 2004 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation. We find that a …

months of life on the likelihood of on-time initial immunization for pertussis and other immunizations. We find that parents … during the same visit as the pertussis vaccine, which suggests that healthcare access costs play an important role in parents …

Recent research suggests that parental job loss has negative effects on children's outcomes, including their academic … loss on children's health. We combine health data from 16 waves of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, which allows us to … loss is detrimental to the physical and mental health of children in low-socioeconomic status (SES) families, increasing …

children's health. We do find, however, that focusing on gender-inclusive economic variables obscures the extent to which the … labor market affects children. Specifically, we find evidence that improvements in labor market conditions facing women are … displacement, suggest that family income and maternal time use are both important mechanisms mediating the effects of aggregate …

We estimate the impacts of temperature on alleged and substantiated child maltreatment among young children using … maltreatment of young children during hot periods. We rule out that our results are solely due to changes in reporting. Additional …