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Understanding the relationship between parental income and multiple child outcomes: a decomposition analysis
Gregg, Paul; Propper, Carol; Washbrook, Elizabeth - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
In this paper we explore the association between family income and children’s cognitive ability (IQ and school … characteristics and home environments of low income children in accounting for different outcomes. Using rich cohort data from the UK … psychological functioning. We also find some some aspects of the environment of higher income households hinder child development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353981
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The Impact of Low Income on Child Health: Evidencefrom a Birth Cohort Study
Burgess, Simon M.; Propper, Carol; Rigg, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
There is a growing literature that shows that higher family income is associatedwith better health for children …. Wealthier parents may have more advantagedchildren because they have more income to buy health care or because parentalwealth is … associated with beneficial behaviours or because parental health isassociated with both income and children’s health. The policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354043
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Better Dead than GM-Fed? Information and theEffects of Consumers’ Resistance to GM-Foods inHigh-Income Countries
Huffman, Wallace E.; Rousu, Matthew C.; Shogren, Jason F.; … - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2003
This paper addressed the puzzling resistance of Presidents of southern African countries to food aid in 2002, given near certain starvation and long-term negative health effects of malnutrition of their constituents. First, I show that NGOs led by Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418935
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Effects of Homeownership on Children: The Role of Neighborhood Characteristics and Family Income
Harkness, Joseph M.; Newman, Sandra J. - Johns Hopkins University <Baltimore, Md.> / Department … - 2003
[...]This exploratory paper first tests whether homeownershiphas equally positive effects for children of low-income … andhigher income families. Focusing on the low-income group, itthen examines whether, and how, these homeownership effectsare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869792
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Germany’s Fruit From Liechtenstein’s Poisonous Tree
Kessler, Wolfgang; Eicke, Rolf - Universität <Freiburg, Breisgau> / Lehrstuhl für … - 2008
Not all fruits are healthy; some fruits are poisonous.German prosecutors must wonder which oftheir collected ‘‘fruits’’ they can use against the hundredsof individuals that could be indicted for failing todeclare savings in Liechtenstein. What could turn outto be the biggest tax evasion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009248931
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A Fair Share of Welfare: Public Spending on Children in England
Sefton, Tom - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
It is increasingly recognised that improving the quality and quantity of children’s services isan essential part of any long-term strategy to tackle poverty and social exclusion amongchildren. As part of its wider programme to address child poverty in England, Save TheChildren commissioned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836948
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Welfare Reforms and Child Well-Being in the US and UK
Waldfogel, Jane - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
This paper examines the effects of recent welfare reforms in the US and UK on thewell-being of children in low-income … to divergence across the two countries. In the UK, low-income familiesaffected by the reforms are spending more money on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353986
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Socio-Economic Status and Child Behaviour: Evidencefrom a contemporary UK cohort
Propper, Carol; Rigg, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
This paper examines whether and how socio-economic status is associated withchildren’s behavioural development in today’s children. Using a large cohort ofEnglish children born in the early 1990s we find significant social inequalities inseveral dimensions of child behaviour at age 7. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353988
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Health supplier quality and the distribution of child health
Propper, Carol; Rigg, John; Burgess, Simon M. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005
There is emerging evidence to suggest that initial differentials between thehealth of poor and more affluent children in the UK do not widen over earlychildhood. One reason may be that through the universal public funded healthcare system all children have access to equally effective primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354026
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Poverty, Children’s Health, and Health Care Utilization
Wolfe, Barbara L. - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY> - 1999
[...]The issue of the links between poverty, health, and accessto medical care is one that has received considerable attentionfrom a variety of perspectives.1 Health influences mostother activities of life, from the ability to engage in learningto the ability to enjoy life itself. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870033