parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … education and wages for the children born under these policies. The mobility effect, chiefly an increase in intergenerational … mobility in education, stems from heterogeneity in the effects of the policies: children of mothers with fewer years of …

needs, money on hand, use of friends and family for assistance, and employment) of families and children with very low … Child Tax Credit (CTC), which provided monthly, unconditional cash payments to families with children from July to December …

time children reach the end of third grade. Our results point to an unintended consequence of a child care subsidy regime … disadvantaged parents from welfare to work. Although previous empirical studies consistently show that these employment …-related subsidies raise work levels among this group, little is known about the impact of subsidy receipt on child wellbeing. In this …

care subsidies are associated with worse maternal health and poorer interactions between parents and their children. In …A complete account of the U.S. child care subsidy system requires an understanding of its implications for both … fill this gap by examining the impact of child care subsidy receipt on maternal health and the quality of child …