scores for eight birth cohorts of Rhode Island children born between 1997 and 2005. Using these data, we show that reductions … of lead from even historically low levels have significant positive effects on children's reading test scores in third ….1 percentage points (on a baseline of 12 percent). Moreover, as we show, poor and minority children are more likely to be exposed …

children, may also alter the incentives faced by men to have children out of wedlock. We find that strengthening child support … and those with a higher propensity to invest in children. Thus, policies that compel men to pay child support may affect …

). We consider the possible implications of this expansion on children's short- and long-term development. To do so, we … of similar income transfers in childhood on child health and human capital. We conclude that the CTC likely improved … child health and well-being in the short and long run, with greater impacts for poor children and modest or nonexistent …