Children's experiences during early childhood are critical for their cognitive and socio-emotional development, two key … dimensions of human capital. However, children from low income backgrounds often grow up lacking stimulation and basic … of poverty. In this paper, we discuss the framework used in economics to model parental investments and early childhood …

1959 and 1979 the income available to children tended to follow the same …children and adults are relatively unchanged when estimates of the value of …children since 1979. Income available to children fell because households …

This paper presents a productivity argument for investing in disadvantaged young children. For such investment, there …

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 …

national sample of mostly unwed parents and their children-a group at high risk of living in poverty. We account for the … working, the mother's hours of work, and the father's hours of work. These results suggest that children's health problems may …

Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) mandated that all plans cover the cost and administration of childhood vaccines. We … associated with differential changes among poor and near-poor children relative to their non-poor counterparts in either age … to non-poor children after implementation of SCHIP. The increase was greater among children from urban areas, among …

to low income women and children, has expanded dramatically over the past decade. This expansion provides a `natural …

children. Using the county-level introduction of U.S. family planning programs between 1964 and 1973, we find that children … born after programs began had 2.8% higher household incomes. They were also 7% less likely to live in poverty and 12% less …