A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children …

Using U.S. Census data for the years 1960-1980, we study the impact of unilateral divorce on outcomes of children (age … 6-15) and their mothers. We find that the reform increased mothers' divorce, decreased family income and increased the … fraction of mothers below the poverty line. For children, we find not only negative results on investment, measured as the …