that children in poor health will, more likely, face obstacles beyond their illness, since they will also be more likely to … mitigating factor is that, for white children, they will be more likely than healthy children to living in an extended family …

The authors use data from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (C-NLSY79) to examine gender … children. In contrast, there are no penalties for men who were headstrong or for women who were dependent. While other child …

In this study we analyze the effect of Medicaid on children's heath. We examine the effect of Medicaid on a variety of … known to be sensitive to medical intervention and are objective measures of children's health. The results of this paper … provide at best weak support for the hypothesis that Medicaid improves the health of low-income children …

of children ages 5 to 12. We examine whether wealth prior to birth and at ages 4 or 5 affects academic test scores and … children. We also examine associations between different forms of wealth (e.g., home equity) and child achievement and …

pandemic payments varied by marital status and the number of children in the household and were substantial with some families … children (parity). Estimates indicate that these pandemic cash payments had no statistically significant, or clinically or …