The authors use data from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (C-NLSY79) to examine gender … children. In contrast, there are no penalties for men who were headstrong or for women who were dependent. While other child …

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 …

of children from poorer families …

children. The program is more effective and much more cost-effective than asking Community Health Workers (CHWs) to distribute …

of children from poorer families …

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 …