of the distribution. Analysis of the incidence of low birthweight and short birthlength using measures from the poverty …

This paper examines multidimensional poverty for three waves of a cohort of Irish children ranging from ages 9 to 17 … is higher for children whose mothers have lower levels of education, with net movements into rather than out of poverty. …. Poverty is measured over the dimensions of health, education and family resources and both unidimensional and multidimensional …

covering the universe of children born in Canada between 1972 and 1985 and random forest proximity matching, I estimate the …Parental job loss is a large, negative shock to the household that can affect children in both the short- and long …-run. Little is known, however, about how the long-run impacts of job loss on children vary with the child's age at the time of …

This study investigates the role of family structure on cognitive outcomes of children. Using the rich panel data … information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), collected on children and their families … changes in family structure. We find that children who stay-in or move-to non-intact families have lower reading scores than …

There is a large empirical literature on policy measures targeted at children but surprisingly very little theoretical … targeting children through two general policies, namely selective commodity taxation and cash transfer to family with children … more cost effective than cash transfers in alleviating child poverty. -- commodity taxation ; child benefit ; targeting …

Objective: To estimate the causal effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive skills as measured at ages 3, 5, 7 …). Participants: Data on 11,792 (age 3) and 9117 (age 5) children in MCS and 4923 (age 7 and 11) children in NCDS. Main outcome …: The duration of breastfeeding has a small, but significant, effect on children's cognitive skills in the linear regression …