The German Child Benefit ("Kindergeld") is paid to legal guardians of children as a cash benefit. This study employs … changes have translated into an improvement in the circumstances of children related to their well-being. I use the German … drinking, but parents of older children use the child benefit to pay for their social and personal entertainment activities …

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … (children's age, birth weight and socio-economic background), but less so with respect to unobserved determinants of selection …

measure a family's SES by the mother's and father's average years of education and household income. Our results show that … children from families with higher SES are more patient, tend to be more altruistic and less likely to be risk seeking, and … and quality of time parents spend with their children, the mother's IQ and economic preferences, a child's initial …

term, using data from the Millennium Cohort Study (UK). Compared with children looked after in a formal care centre …, children cared by grandparents (as well as parents) are better in naming objects, but worse in tests concerning basic concepts … is stronger for children in more advantaged households; on the other hand, the negative association is significant only …

consideration of a particular child's competency for school (Schulfähigkeit) have been suggested. Using a dataset capturing children …

luxury goods. Moreover, uncertainty reduces household propensity to invest in mutual funds. These results support the notion … that macroeconomic uncertainty can impact household decisions and have large negative effects on economic outcomes …

older siblings suggest that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family members …

achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from birth to adolescence. Results indicate …

Background: Home visiting programs constitute an important policy to support vulnerable families with young children … responses of both mothers and children in three key measures of behavior: orientation, positive contingency, and negative …