Although mental disorders are common among children, we know little about their long term effects on child outcomes …. This paper examines U.S. and Canadian children with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression … representative samples of children from both countries. Second, we focus on "screeners" that were administered to all children in our …

Little is known about the relationship between family income and children's non-cognitive (or socio-emotional) skill … evolution of children's non-cognitive skills using a recent US panel dataset that tracks children between grades K-5. Findings … be explained by children's health status differences …

-specific effects for occupation. We conclude that important information about the links between parental incomes and children exists …

outcomes (including children's own expected lifetime resources and education) than the income measures traditionally used in …

. Analyses of a large-scale longitudinal dataset in the U.S., and a much smaller dataset of Chinese parents and children, show …

dynamic model of consumption and labor supply. We emphasize two key results. First, a psychology-based theory of poverty traps … of financial stress. On the other hand, naifs dis-save, fall into a poverty trap, and incur high welfare losses. Second …

national sample of mostly unwed parents and their children-a group at high risk of living in poverty. We account for the … working, the mother's hours of work, and the father's hours of work. These results suggest that children's health problems may …