outcomes. In the years following divorce, we observe sharp increases in teen births and child mortality. To examine long …

these programs, taxpayers must claim a child on their tax return. We study the claiming of children on tax returns by …

two measures and their estimates of child poverty around the 2021 temporary changes to the Child Tax Credit (CTC). We … measures suffer from important drawbacks. We also conclude that widely publicized claims that child poverty fell by 25 percent …

forecasting child health (as indicated by height and weight), child behavioral problems, and a child math/reading test score at … outcomes, and only maternal smoking and drinking during pregnancy have some effects on child height. Not surprisingly, family … child-rearing environment has sizeable negative and positive effects on behavioral problems index and math/reading test …

wide variety of child, mother and family characteristics. The results suggest that limited amounts of work by mothers … excess weight that are common to the child and mother. Work hours are also associated with relatively large (in percentage … significant. -- maternal employment ; adolescent development ; child obesity ; socioeconomic status …