beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor incomes, crime, education, and mothers' labor incomes, with greater …

we examine how and to what extent the safety net is providing protection to at-risk children. We find compelling evidence … not similar across demographic groups, and that children from more disadvantaged backgrounds, such as those living with …

was prepared as a background paper for the Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by … Half in 10 Years, of the Board of Children, Youth and Families of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper was submitted …

number of children, better knowledge and higher probability of using contraceptives, recognition that family size can … compromise children quality, larger role for women in family decision making, less religiosity, and positive attitude towards …

children born to less educated and minority mothers are more likely to be exposed to pollution in utero and that white, college …

is conducted at the school-cohort level for children born between 1991 and 2000 and attending 3rd and 4th grades between … statistically significant improvements in test performance in the 2000s, lowering the share of children scoring unsatisfactory on … performance, with particular promise for children in low income communities …