receiving a child care subsidy among disadvantaged mothers with young children. In particular, we collect data on the location … families must travel from home in order to reach the nearest office that administers the subsidy application process. Using … in the distance to a public human services agency reduces the likelihood that a family receives a child care subsidy …

A complete account of the U.S. child care subsidy system requires an understanding of its implications for both … fill this gap by examining the impact of child care subsidy receipt on maternal health and the quality of child … of family well-being. In addition, we attempt to handle the possibility of non-random selection into subsidy receipt by …

of the criticisms of the current subsidy system, however, is that it overemphasizes work and does little to encourage … care subsidies for child development. In this paper, we provide a systematic assessment of the impact of subsidy receipt on … relationship between child care subsidies and child development. In particular, our results suggest that subsidy receipt in the …

care subsidy and the effects of subsidy receipt on employment, school attendance, job search, and welfare participation. We … analyze the impact on subsidy receipt of household characteristics such as family size and structure, and past participation … in welfare. Ordinary least squares estimates show positive and significant effects of subsidy receipt on employment …

A recent debate in the medical literature has arisen around the mortality effects of obesity. Whereas it has been … obesity, using the US Health and Retirement Study. Whilst we find that obesity leads to chronic diseases that reduce length of … when controlling for smoking and the long-term effects of obesity. …