IFR for COVID-19. The estimated age-specific IFRs are very low for children and younger adults but increase progressively …

Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992–2002, we assess whether family … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in … substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families …

children. Using the county-level introduction of U.S. family planning programs between 1964 and 1973, we find that children … born after programs began had 2.8% higher household incomes. They were also 7% less likely to live in poverty and 12% less …

This paper presents a productivity argument for investing in disadvantaged young children. For such investment, there …

Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) mandated that all plans cover the cost and administration of childhood vaccines. We … associated with differential changes among poor and near-poor children relative to their non-poor counterparts in either age … to non-poor children after implementation of SCHIP. The increase was greater among children from urban areas, among …

mechanisms influence family investments in children, we evaluate the extent to which these mechanisms also explain other …

children, may also alter the incentives faced by men to have children out of wedlock. We find that strengthening child support … and those with a higher propensity to invest in children. Thus, policies that compel men to pay child support may affect …

to low income women and children, has expanded dramatically over the past decade. This expansion provides a `natural …

over time in the incidence of poverty. Between1959 and 1979 the income available to children tended to follow the … small part in the growth of poverty amongchildren since 1979. Income available to children fell because householdswith … to describe and analyzethe economic position of children with special emphasis on cross-sectiondifferences and variation …