Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study. Our sample consists of children from 39 countries who were brought to the United … completion effect. Our results cannot be explained by selection on observables: the pre-migration characteristics of children and …

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 …

children with substitute families. Little is known whether foster care placement reduces or increases the likelihood of … individuals who were investigated for abuse or neglect as children. Families are effectively randomized to child protection …-aged children who are on the margin of placement have lower adult arrest rates when they remain at home. …

conceptualization of care time. Three separate problems are evident. First, the conventional focus on explicit activities with children … distracts attention from the larger responsibilities of "passive" care, which ranges from time when children are sleeping to … the amount of parental care that children in single-parent and two-parent households receive. …