pronounced for girls and socioeconomically vulnerable children. Impacts on several other child development outcomes also differ …

, which results in families of otherwise similar children receiving substantially different refunds during the first year of … first child leads to persistent increases in family income that likely contribute to the downstream effects on children …

This paper investigates whether unconditional cash transfers can keep refugee children in school and out of work. We … and female refugee children. Being a beneficiary household reduces the fraction of children working from 14.0 percent to 1 ….6 percent (a decrease of 88 percent) and the fraction of children aged 6-17 not in school from 36.2 to 13.7 percent (a reduction …

This paper investigates whether unconditional cash transfers can keep refugee children in school and out of work. We … and female refugee children. Being a beneficiary household reduces the fraction of children working from 14.0 percent to 1 ….6 percent (a decrease of 88 percent) and the fraction of children aged 6-17 not in school from 36.2 to 13.7 percent (a reduction …

This paper measures impacts of removing children from families investigated for abuse or neglect. We use removal … tendencies of child protection investigators as an instrument. We focus on young children investigated before age six and find …

A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children …

A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children …

of public health interventions for children exposed to lead. This paper estimates the long-term impacts of early … referrals) recommended for lead-poisoned children. Using linked administrative data from Charlotte, NC, we compare outcomes for … children who are similar across observable characteristics but differ in eligibility for intervention due to blood lead test …