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Effects of the Expanded Child Tax Credit on Household Spending : Estimates Based on U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey Data
Schild, Jake; Collyer, Sophie M.; Garner, Thesia; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The Child Tax Credit (CTC) was substantially expanded through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, making the benefit more generous, fully refundable, and more periodic. Early studies documented the positive impact of the expanded CTC on reducing poverty and food insufficiency, but there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322799
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Early years policy
Waldfogel, Jane; Washbrook, Elizabeth - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
We analyze the role that early years policy might play in narrowing educational attainment gaps. We begin by examining gaps in school readiness between low-, middle-, and high-income children, drawing on data from new large and nationally representative birth cohort studies in the USA and UK. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746089
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A question of quality: do children from disadvantaged backgrounds receive lower quality early years education and care in England?
Gambaro, Ludovica; Stewart, Kitty; Waldfogel, Jane - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
This paper examines how the quality of formal early childhood education and care is associated with children’s background. By using different indicators of quality, the research also explored how the relationship varies depending on the way quality is measured. The analysis combines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746383
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Family Structure, Family Stability and Early Child Wellbeing
Craigie, Terry-Ann; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Waldfogel, Jane - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2010
This study exploits rich data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) to distinguish the effects of family structure at birth from family stability over time on child cognitive, socio-emotional and health outcomes. We define two models: one that measures family structure at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720712
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A question of quality: Do children from disadvantaged backgrounds receive lower quality early years education and care in England?
Gambaro, Ludovica; Stewart, Kitty; Waldfogel, Jane - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2013
This paper examines how the quality of formal early childhood education and care is associated with children's background. By using different indicators of quality, the research also explored how the relationship varies depending on the way quality is measured. The analysis combines information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010632820
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A question of quality: Do children from disadvantaged backgrounds receive lower quality early years education and care in England?
Gambaro, Ludovica; Stewart, Kitty; Waldfogel, Jane - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2013
This paper examines how the quality of formal early childhood education and care is associated with children's background. By using different indicators of quality, the research also explored how the relationship varies depending on the way quality is measured. The analysis combines information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010633036
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A question of quality: Do children from disadvantaged backgrounds receive lower quality early years education and care in England?
Gambaro, Ludovica; Stewart, Kitty; Waldfogel, Jane - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2013
This paper examines how the quality of formal early childhood education and care is associated with children's background. By using different indicators of quality, the research also explored how the relationship varies depending on the way quality is measured. The analysis combines information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010641688
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The Impact of Paid Family Leave on Employers: Evidence from New York
Bartel, Ann P.; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher J.; … - 2021
We designed and fielded a survey of New York and Pennsylvania firms to study the impacts of New York's 2018 Paid Family Leave policy on employer outcomes. We match each NY firm to a comparable PA firm and use difference-in-difference models to analyze within-match-pair changes in outcomes. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597408
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Welfare Reform and Family Expenditures: How are Single Mothers Adapting to the New Welfare and Work Regime?
Kaushal, Neeraj; Gao, Qin; Waldfogel, Jane - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
We study the effect of welfare reform, broadly defined to include social policy changes in the 1990s, on the material … well-being and expenditure patterns of poor single-mother families. Our research suggests that welfare reform did not … welfare reform has shifted family expenditures towards items that facilitate work outside the home, but, at least so far, has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718631
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The impact of paid family leave on employers: evidence from New York
Bartel, Ann; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher J.; … - 2021
We designed and fielded a survey of New York and Pennsylvania firms to study the impacts of New York's 2018 Paid Family Leave policy on employer outcomes. We match each NY firm to a comparable PA firm and use difference-in-difference models to analyze within-match-pair changes in outcomes. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012501438