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 …

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 …

We apply an extension of the Rothbarth approach to estimate the share of household resources accruing to children (i ….e., the cost of children) in Ireland. The method also allows us to identify the economies of scale in the household and … variation. The identification of the children's share requires the observation of adult-specific goods as in the traditional …