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

. 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 …

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 …

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

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 …