As the number of young children in daycare increases, people start to worry about the effect of early non-parental care … term development. Based on the German national health survey for children, we study the impact of daycare in pre …-kindergarten-age on weight problems and gross motor skills of children aged five to nine. This dataset has the advantage to provide …

the provision of paid parental leave, even for short periods (as usually available in Australia), will benefit children … health. Using extensive information from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Children (LSAC), we contribute to the … information on children's health, family background, mothers' pre-birth work histories and mothers' health behaviours during …

Australia's 'income management' policy requires benefit recipients to spend at least half of their government transfers …