it by increasing income taxes when the children leave home and the parents' wages rise due to their tenure in the labor … among families without children or families with older children (aged 10-18). We also show that parents of young children …This paper examines the policy option of providing government assistance to families with young children and financing …

approach that exploits regional variation in unemployment and compares babies born to the same parents so as to deal with … cannot be attributed to the parents' own employment status. The results suggest pathways through stress and air pollution. …-percentage-point increase in the unemployment rate during pregnancy reduces the probability of having a birth weight less than 1,500 grams or of …

Using Norwegian administrative register data, we assess the impact of health shocks hitting lone parents, specifically … diagnosed mental disorders. However, these effects tend to fade out quickly, and the negative impacts on subsequent employment …

employment unemployment and economic growth in OECD countries. The paper examines a number of facets of tax and welfare policy …