The objective of this paper is to propose a universal child grant for Brazil. We will discuss the rationality behind … proposed allowance is based on the unification of the three child allowances that currently exist in the country. …

, by which time all children were eligible for universal schooling). The rise in labor force participation is driven …This study examines the impact of publicly provided daycare for children aged 0-3 on outcomes of children and their … caregivers over the course of seven years after enrollment into daycare. At the end of 2007, the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil …

Geburtsjahrgängen und die Weiterverfolgung der schulischen Bildungskarrieren für den Großteil der untersuchten Kinder. Die empirischen …

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … German setting where high quality center-based care is severely rationed and use within state differences in child care … supply as exogenous variation in child care attendance. Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel provides comprehensive …

receiving a child care subsidy among disadvantaged mothers with young children. In particular, we collect data on the location … care subsidies on children's weight outcomes. Our instrumental variables estimates suggest that subsidized child care leads … in the distance to a public human services agency reduces the likelihood that a family receives a child care subsidy …

these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are … this, we find significant positive effect of the subsidies on children's academic performance in junior high school …, suggesting the positive shock to disposable income provided by the subsidies may be helping to improve children's scholastic …

Although a large literature examines the effect of non-parental child care on preschool-aged children's cognitive … disadvantaged children do not benefit from exposure to non-parental child care settings. … development, few studies deal convincingly with the potential endogeneity of child care choices. Using a panel of infants and …

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … German setting where high quality center-based care is severely rationed and use within state differences in child care … supply as exogenous variation in child care attendance. Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel provides comprehensive …

Obesity is increasing worldwide for both adults and children. Genetic disposition is responsible for some variation in … mother reduces potential child care time in the family. Reduced child care time may have adverse effects on the prevalence of … obesity in children and adults. This paper analyzes the effect of mother's labor supply in childhood on young adults …

longitudinal, nationally representative research programme in Hungary that focused on children aged between birth and 18 years of …