This paper examines how child maltreatment is affected by the economic circumstances of parents. 'Child maltreatment … structure, welfare benefits, and child maltreatment. Welfare programs affect the incentives of women and men to work and to live …, welfare reforms can be expected to affect the incidence of child maltreatment. Although is too early to accurately determine …

identify average treatment effects of skills on performance in a variety of tasks. The program substantially improves child …

. We consider a household that comprises an adult and a child. The household behavior is described by the maximization of … the adult's utility function, which depends on the child's welfare, subject to a budget constraint. The relative effects … of a price subsidy and of a cash benefit on child welfare are then derived. In particular, it is shown that 'favorable …

home environment of disadvantaged families, on child health in the first 3 years of life. We recruited and randomized 233 … commencing at 2 years. Maternal reports of child health are assessed at 6, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months. Treatment effects are … a community-based home visiting program may have favorable impacts on early health conditions. As child ill health is …

40-years apart. Setting: The 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) and the 2000 UK Millennium Cohort Study (MCS …