-rated health for children of unmarried black mothers and married white and Hispanic mothers, lower accident rates for children of …In 1993, the benefit levels of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) were changed significantly based on the number of … children in the household. Employing a difference-in-differences plus mother fixed-effects framework, we find better mother …

In this paper we explore the impact of birth weight on children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes using data from …

larger for girls, children from rural households, and those with less-educated mothers. Our findings suggest that health …Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses …

births of 63%.This narrowed differences in health between IVF and non- IVF births by 53%, and differences in the labor market … outcomes of mothers three years after birth by 85%. For first time mothers it also narrowed the gap in maternal health between …, reducing hospitalization costs and the foregone income of mothers and improving the long-run socioeconomic outcomes of children …

on the health of young adults. We find that an additional $100 in the average annual EITC exposure between ages 0 and 18 …, and increases in health insurance coverage are channels through which the EITC improves health …The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a central component of the U.S. safety net, benefiting about 27 million families …

poor mental health. We also find that left-handed children have significantly lower cognitive development test scores than …Using data from the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, and fitting family fixed-effects models of child health … and cognitive development, we test if left-handed children do significantly worse than their right-handed counterparts …

We identify the causal effect of mothers' mental health during early - and soon after pregnancy on a range of child … psychological, socio-emotional and cognitive outcomes measured between ages 4-16. Results suggest a negative effect on children … we find that mental health during or soon after pregnancy raises breastfeeding and improves measures of interaction …

This study investigates the effect of grandparental care on children's locus of control (LOC), which is an important … non-cognitive skill that affects children's future development. We use data from the China Family Panel Studies, which is … choice. We find that children in the care of their grandparents have more external LOC than children in the care of their …