We study the relationship between a key early intervention policy designed to support families with children up to the … age of four and the rate at which children are taken into social care. The gradual build-up of over 3,600 Sure Start … Children's Centres (SSCC), operated by Local Authorities across England, created large spatial and cohort variation in the …

Children are increasingly recognized as secondary victims of intimate partner violence. This paper uses a unique UK … children's development up to the age of seven. Estimating production functions for cognitive, social, and socio …