This paper examines how child maltreatment is affected by the economic circumstances of parents. 'Child maltreatment … structure, welfare benefits, and child maltreatment. Welfare programs affect the incentives of women and men to work and to live …, welfare reforms can be expected to affect the incidence of child maltreatment. Although is too early to accurately determine …

We investigate the impact of childcare provision on cases of child abuse and neglect in Germany between 2002 and 2014 …. For identification, we exploit a governmental reform introducing mandatory early child care. The implementation at the … county level generated large temporal and spatial variation in childcare coverage. Our measure of child abuse and neglect …

We investigate the impact of childcare provision on cases of child maltreatment. For identification, we exploit a … childcare coverage at the county-level. Using high-quality administrative data covering all reported child maltreatment cases in … percentage point. Because child maltreatment leads to enormous societal costs, we provide evidence that the provision of …