term development. Based on the German national health survey for children, we study the impact of daycare in pre …As the number of young children in daycare increases, people start to worry about the effect of early non-parental care …-kindergarten-age on weight problems and gross motor skills of children aged five to nine. This dataset has the advantage to provide …

In the U.S., 8% of children are diagnosed with ADHD and 70% are taking medications, yet little evidence exists on the … effects of ADHD treatment on children's outcomes. We use a panel of South Carolina Medicaid claims data to investigate the …

Can moving to an earnings-related parental leave system influence children s well-being and are heterogeneous effects … on parents carried over to the entire family, making special groups of children worse off than others? To answer this … find significant negative effects on newborns personality, while 2-3-year-old children improve their basic life skills and …

Many governments have introduced generous childcare subsidies to allow all children access to early childhood education … childcare in several states in Germany to analyze its effects on children and their families. Our results suggest that the … their developmental skills in the short-run while there might be some detrimental effects for older preschool children. …