scores for eight birth cohorts of Rhode Island children born between 1997 and 2005. Using these data, we show that reductions … of lead from even historically low levels have significant positive effects on children's reading test scores in third ….1 percentage points (on a baseline of 12 percent). Moreover, as we show, poor and minority children are more likely to be exposed …

We examine the long-term impact of expansions to Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program that … eligibility from birth to age 18 for children in cohorts affected by these expansions, and we observe their longitudinal outcomes … children whose eligibility increased paid more in cumulative taxes by age 28. These children collected less in EITC payments …

We investigate the impact of maternity leave on the cognitive and behavioral development of children at ages 4 and 5 …, following up previous research on these children at younger ages. The impact is identified by legislated increases in the … indicate no positive effect on indices of children's cognitive and behavioral development. We uncover a small negative impact …

to care for their new children. While there is substantial variation in the details of these policies around the world … introduction of short paid and unpaid leave programs can improve children's short- and long-term outcomes. Fourth, while more …

empirical results reveals the expansions had little effect on a wide variety of outcomes, including children's school outcomes …