The authors examine how a government-run cash transfer program targeted to poor mothers in rural Ecuador influenced the … health and development of their children. This program is of particular interest because, unlike other transfer programs that … actions, such as taking children to health clinics or sending them to school. This feature of the program makes it possible to …

and the development of their children over the past two decades in Australia. Using nationally representative longitudinal … motherhood on child skill development, following children who entered primary school when their mothers were affected by the …

Families with children receive support from the tax-benefit system to a different extent across countries. In Spain … providing income support to families with children. In this paper we provide an in-depth assessment of the income support to … families with children in Spain. We distinguish between three different forms of income support: (1) benefits aimed to ease the …

, relatively little research has addressed the role of CS on outcomes for the children concerned. There are good reasons for … thinking that CS could leverage better outcomes than other forms of income support and, using a sample of dependent children in …

This paper assesses the short-run impact of first-year maternal employment on low-income children's cognitive … Birth cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, the OLS results show that children of working mothers score higher … less likely to breast-feed and read to their children. In addition, such children are exposed to non-parental child care …