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outcomes of mothers three years after birth by 85%. For first time mothers it also narrowed the gap in maternal health between …, reducing hospitalization costs and the foregone income of mothers and improving the long-run socioeconomic outcomes of children …
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clubs/teams/activities, skipping school, getting into fights, damaging property, stealing, hurting others, smoking, using … skipping school, damaging property, and getting into fights among boys. (4) Welfare reform led to increases in smoking and drug …
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market outcomes of mothers three years after birth by 85%. For first time mothers it also narrowed the gap in maternal health …, reducing hospitalization costs and the foregone income of mothers and improving the long-run socioeconomic outcomes of children …
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outcomes of mothers three years after birth by 85%. For first time mothers, it also narrowed the gap in maternal health between …, reducing hospitalization costs and the foregone income of mothers and improving the long-run socioeconomic outcomes of children …
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Using a comprehensive data set from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families (NSAF), this study analyzes the effects of public health coverage and maternal employment on children's health outcomes among the single-mother families. The estimation strategy accounts for the potential...
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Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of a number of complications of pregnancy and can have adverse effects on … smoking during pregnancy. The study of nearly 700 women in Ukraine examined the rate of smoking during pregnancy and factors … related to continued smoking. It documents the outcomes of pregnancy in women who smoked prior to pregnancy, and who smoked …
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-Child Development Supplement to examine how time preference, as measured by smoking behavior, affects mothers’ time investments in their … children under age 13 and children’s future test scores. Results indicate that single mothers who smoke spend significantly …
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We present a dynamic life-cycle model of women's labor supply, marriage, and fertility choices that explicitly incorporates mental and physical health. Correlated mental and physical health production functions are simultaneously estimated, including the endogenous decisions to seek...
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The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the largest anti-poverty programs in the United States, providing over $67 billion to more than 27 million families for the tax year 2016, an average of $2,455. By subsidizing the earnings of low-income workers, the EITC reduces poverty both directly...
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