Ten percent of Black children in the U.S. spend time in foster care--twice the rate of white children. We estimate …, we find that Black children are 1.7 percentage points (50%) more likely to be placed into foster care following an … investigation than white children conditional on subsequent maltreatment potential. This disparity is entirely driven by white …

parents and children, and even among children in different age groups. Having different insurance sources, or a mix of insured … mismatch over time and their relationship to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program income eligibility …, public insurance eligibility is determined person-by-person. Income eligibility thresholds for public coverage can differ for …

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 …

school students. We find ACEs are strongly correlated with poor mental health among both the young and older people and the … associated with the wellbeing of high school students. Time spent in front of a screen has been rising over time for the young …

Programs that engage young children in movement and song to help them learn are popular but experimental evidence on … and kindergarten students in 47 schools in three U.S. states. We find that treated students scored higher on a test of …

relationship between income and child development in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Treated mothers and children experienced large … explanatory factor for the poor translation of increases in income into child growth in India …

affiliation in nationally comprehensive voter files and reconstruct their childhood location histories based on their parents …

, led to significant terror and disruptions in daily life over a three-week period. We compare birth outcomes of children …