beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor incomes, crime, education, and mothers' labor incomes, with greater …

the potential positive benefits of such programs to children. Initially, this research on benefits to children focused on … long-run benefits to children are considered, many safety net programs are cost-effective. However, the current government … the US is still higher than most OECD countries and how research on children and the safety net can better inform policy …

was prepared as a background paper for the Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by … Half in 10 Years, of the Board of Children, Youth and Families of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper was submitted …

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 …

). We consider the possible implications of this expansion on children's short- and long-term development. To do so, we … child health and well-being in the short and long run, with greater impacts for poor children and modest or nonexistent … effects for non-poor children. Moreover, the effects might be more substantial for younger children and for those in places …

instruction for children younger than the standard eligibility age for public education. I describe how ECE programs can be …

Lead poisoning has well-known impacts for the developing brain of young children, with a large literature documenting … outcomes of Flint public school children. We leverage parallel causal identification strategies, a between-district synthetic …-age children. These findings suggest that cost estimates which rely only on the negative impact of direct lead exposure …

We analyze the effect of Colombia's ambitious "Free Housing" program on children's educational outcomes. The program … lotteries and linking applicants to their children. We find that public housing increases high school graduation by seven …. Their children also attend better schools and live in neighborhoods with less crime …

Foster care provides substitute living arrangements to protect maltreated children. The practice is remarkably common …: it is estimated that 5 percent of children in the United States are placed in foster care at some point during childhood …. These children exhibit poor outcomes as children and adults, and economists have begun to estimate the causal relationship …