sessions plus two sessions of guided interactions between parents and children focused on responsive play and dialogic reading … socio-emotional development of children of families participating in either of the treatment arms improved (by 0.43 and 0 ….54 standard deviation, respectively) relative to children of nonparticipating families. The treatments also led to improvements in …

, even though displacement episodes early in children's lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children's teenage years have the largest effects on human … capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …

, even though displacement episodes early in children’s lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children’s teenage years have the largest effects on human … capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …

We study the intergenerational effects of maternal education on children's cognitive achievement, behavioral problems … 1979 (NLSY79) and their children, we can control for mother's ability and family background factors. Our results show … substantial intergenerational returns to education. For children aged 7-8, for example, our IV results indicate that an additional …

We study the impact on children of increasing maternity leave benefits using a reform that increased paid and unpaid … 30. The effect is especially large for children of those mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of …

We study the impact on children of increasing the time that the mother spends with her child in the first year by … months and family income was unaffected. The increased time with the child led to a 2.7 percentage points decline in high … for children of mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of unpaid leave …

problems and obesity of male children at ages 12 and 13. It also lowers depression and obesity among adolescents, and reduces …