Early childhood education and care (ECEC) can bring a wide range of benefits – for children, parents and society at … not deliver good outcomes for children or long-term productivity benefits for society. This new publication focuses on …

during childhood using data from a longitudinal study, the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, starting at birth. Our work … characteristics of children. Third, we examine the skill development for girls and boys separately, as well as for children who were …

Children as a social investment -- Paying for children -- Caring for children -- Children and the search for a work …

environment and preschool well-being : an examination of children entering the child welfare system during infancy / Brenda Jones … Harden ... [et al.] -- Risk and resilience among children referred to the child welfare system : a longitudinal investigation … continuity of children's placements in formal and informal substitute care / Mark Testa, Christina M. Bruhn, and Jesse Helton …

and family budgets / with Tamara Ohler -- Children outside the household -- Accounting for family time / with Jayoung Yoon … -- Valuing family work -- Subsidizing parents -- Public spending on children's education and health -- Who should pay for the …Introduction -- Children and the economy -- Commitments and capabilities -- Defining the costs of children -- Children …