Children represent the largest indirect beneficiaries of the U.S. social welfare system. Yet, many questions remain … about the direct benefits of cash aid to children. The current understanding of the impacts of cash aid in the U.S. is drawn … investment mechanisms that reduce socioeconomic inequality in children's well-being. In contrast to the U.S., dozens of low- to …

This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in … their twenties. The iconic programs are omnibus in nature and offer many services to children and their parents. We compare …

estimates shows that relative to white peers, black children bear more than double the risk in outcomes unfavorable to … larger among households with children than without children, with the child household racial wealth gap in 2019 remaining … forms of investments specifically for black families or children. Based on a contemporary survey, we find that black parents …

We examine the impact of the drug crisis that has unfolded over the last three decades in the United States on children … point in a child's life, we measure children's exposure to the crisis with the cumulative drug-related mortality of likely … could also have altered the living arrangements of their children. Within a 2SLS framework, we instrument for the cumulative …

families with children. Importantly, along with other changes, the reform imposed lifetime time limits for receipt of welfare … de facto ending the entitlement nature of cash welfare for poor families with children in the United States. Despite dire … children is more responsive after reform, and some evidence that it might be less so. There is some evidence that poverty …

Are broad reforms the children of high inflation? Do growth recoveries follow? We find that countries that had external … have created stronger incentives to reform in the high inflation countries. Recent reforms look like they are the children …

we examine how and to what extent the safety net is providing protection to at-risk children. We find compelling evidence … not similar across demographic groups, and that children from more disadvantaged backgrounds, such as those living with …