-rated health for children of unmarried black mothers and married white and Hispanic mothers, lower accident rates for children of …In 1993, the benefit levels of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) were changed significantly based on the number of … children in the household. Employing a difference-in-differences plus mother fixed-effects framework, we find better mother …

, motor skills, physical activity, and health. It is based on a very informative data set, the German Motorik-Modul, and …-curricular physical activities. Generally, we find no statistically significant effects on health parameters. …

While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio … age between December and January. This discontinuity arises as children typically start formal child care in the summer of … no evidence that starting child care earlier affects children's outcomes in the short- or medium-run. Our precise …

While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio … age between December and January. This discontinuity arises as children typically start formal child care in the summer of … no evidence that starting child care earlier affects children's outcomes in the shortor medium-run. Our precise estimates …

We test whether adverse childhood experiences - exposure to parental maltreatment and its indirect effect on health … estimated associations are significantly reduced in magnitude when controlling for physical or mental health, suggesting that … adolescent health could be one important pathway via which maltreatment affects adulthood personality. Maltreatment experiences …

development, but it is still not clear whether parents respond to changes across time in their child's skills and health. Using … the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, we measure parental investments by considering the time parents spend with … in her physical health, and are neutral to variation in her cognitive skills. …

This paper uses propensity score methods to analyse the effect of involuntary maternal job loss on children's non … set. The results show that maternal job loss increases preschool children's socio-behavioural problems and decreases …

A rich strand of the economic literature has been studying the impact of different forms of early childcare on children … agrees in identifying stronger beneficial effects among children from disadvantaged backgrounds, making a case for the role … cognitive and non-cognitive development of young children and how to reduce gender gaps later in life. Our paper offers a …