, which results in families of otherwise similar children receiving substantially different refunds during the first year of … first child leads to persistent increases in family income that likely contribute to the downstream effects on children …

parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … education and wages for the children born under these policies. The mobility effect, chiefly an increase in intergenerational … mobility in education, stems from heterogeneity in the effects of the policies: children of mothers with fewer years of …

Approximately 75% of children aged 2 to 4 worldwide are regularly subjected to violent discipline across the globe. We … disciplining behaviors, with a 0.12 SD reduction in violence against children. Treatment children also experience fewer emotional … implications which could help decrease violence against children across the globe …

What happens to children during the early years is recognized to be very important for their long run development. It … targeted to premature children, known as Kangaroo Mother Care. We do so using data from a randomised control trial performed … perform a mediation analysis which involves the estimation of a production function of socioemotional skills and show that the …

their children are under age three. We use regional and over time variation to show that the Finnish Home Care Allowance … also negatively affect the early childhood cognitive test results of children, decrease the likelihood of choosing academic … on mothers and children compared to HCA. Our findings suggest that shifting child care from the home to the market …

more likely to marry a partner with tertiary education and their children have better early childhood development outcomes ….25 standard deviations of test scores once children are of school age. The primary mechanism seems to be that more …-educated caregivers have the knowledge and skills to safeguard their children's health and stimulate their cognitive development. In …

Young children in poor communities are spending more hours in non-parental care due to policy reforms and expansion of … early childhood programs. Studies show positive effects of high-quality center-based care on children's cognitive growth …-based care. Using a sample of children age 12 to 42 months when their mothers entered welfare-to-work programs, this paper finds …