In this paper, we comprehensively examine the effects of the Great Recession on child poverty, with particular … panel data model and data for 2000 to 2014, we estimate the relationship between the business cycle and child poverty, and … we examine how and to what extent the safety net is providing protection to at-risk children. We find compelling evidence …

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

was prepared as a background paper for the Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by …US Census Bureau poverty measures do not include an explicit need for health care or insurance nor do they consider … on poverty. This paper reviews conceptual and practical considerations in incorporating health benefits and needs into …

This paper studies the effect of mothers' education on fertility in a population with very low female labor force … 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 … educated mothers are particularly responsive to changes in environmental amenities. I estimate that differences in exposure to … toxic releases may explain 6% of the gap in incidence of low birth weight between infants of white college educated mothers …

Surveillance Survey, we find in difference-in-difference models that for low-educated mothers of two or more children, the number … families based on the number of children, with families containing two or more children now receiving substantially more in … benefits. If income is protective of health, we should see improvements over time in the health for mothers eligible for the …

children's lives. Among mothers of six month old infants, maternal work hours are positively associated with depressive …, we estimate the effects of maternal employment on these outcomes measured when children are 6 months old. Next, we use … symptoms and self-reported parenting stress, and negatively associated with self-rated overall health among mothers. Compared …

between mothers that could bias estimates. Our results are consistent with recent experimental results in the neurobiological … development. Moreover, we find that not only are mothers with low levels of human capital characterized by higher and more … prenatal stress may play a role in the intergenerational persistence of poverty …