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Air pollution and infant health : lessons from New Jersey

Currie, Janet M.; Neidell, Matthew; Schmieder, Johannes - 2008

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003741592

Currie, Janet M. (contributor); Tekin, Erdal (contributor) - 2006

Child maltreatment, which includes both child abuse and child neglect, is a major social problem. This paper focuses on measuring the effects of child maltreatment on crime using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). We focus on crime because it is one of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003304677

Does child abuse cause crime?

Currie, Janet M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2006

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Child care subsidies and childhood obesity

Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2009

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The impact of child care subsidies on child well-being : evidence from geographic variation in the distance to social service agencies

Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2010

In recent years, child care subsidies have become an integral part of federal and state efforts to move economically disadvantaged parents from welfare to work. Although previous empirical studies consistently show that these employment-related subsidies raise work levels among this group,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008779847

Healthy, wealthy, and wise : socioeconomic status, poor health in childhood, and human capital development

Currie, Janet M. - 2008

"There are many possible pathways between parental education, income, and health, and between child health and education, but only some of them have been explored in the literature. This essay focuses on links between parental socioeconomic status (as measured by education, income, occupation,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003707857

Mental health in childhood and human capital

Currie, Janet M.; Stabile, Mark - 2007

Although mental disorders are common among children, we know little about their long term effects on child outcomes. This paper examines U.S. and Canadian children with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression, conduct disorders, and other behavioral problems. Our...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003495793

The geographic accessibility of child care subsidies and evidence on the impact of subsidy receipt on childhood obesity

Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2011

This paper examines the impact of the spatial accessibility of public human services agencies on the likelihood of receiving a child care subsidy among disadvantaged mothers with young children. In particular, we collect data on the location of virtually every human services agency in the U.S....

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Universal child care, maternal employment, and children's long-run outcomes : evidence from the US Lanham Act of 1940

Herbst, Chris M. - 2013

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the Lanham Act of 1940, a heavily-subsidized and universal child care program that was administered throughout the U.S. during World War II. I begin by estimating the impact of the Lanham Act on maternal employment using 1940 and 1950 Census data...

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Child poverty dynamics in seven nations

Bradbury, Bruce; Jenkins, Stephen; Micklewright, John - 2000

This paper compares child poverty dynamics cross-nationally using panel data from seven nations: the USA, Britain … transition has led to a much higher degree of mobility. Interestingly, the USA, which has the highest level of relative poverty …Der vorliegende Beitrag vergleicht die Armutsdynamik bei Kindern mithilfe von Paneldaten aus sieben Ländern: USA …

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