' encompasses a wide range of behaviors that adversely affect children. It includes neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and other … that the economic circumstances of parents matter: increases in the fractions of children with absent fathers and working …

We estimate the effects of having more mature peers using data from an experiment where children of the same age were …

has been successful in improving household food security. However, children's nutritional status in the localities where … the PSNP operates is poor, with 48 percent of children stunted in 2012. This leads to the question of whether the PSNP … could improve child nutrition. In this paper, we examine the impact of the PSNP on children's nutritional status over the …

association remains unclear. In this paper we consider a new explanation: that children born at different times in the year are … women giving birth throughout the year in the United States. Children born in the winter are disproportionally born to women …

This paper examines the effects of recent welfare reforms in the US and UK on the well-being of children in low … more money on items related to children and are more likely to own a car and a phone, while in the US, families affected by … welfare reforms are primarily spending more money on items related to employment but not items for children. Finally, a common …

children in rural areas of Ogun State, Nigeria. The study used random sampling technique with the aid of questionnaire on 287 … access to cooperative loan among the members lead to improvement in household welfare through the number of children in …-loan members (M=1.0114, SD=1.55729) on level of education completed by members children. The results brought to the fore, the need …