health status and medical utilization for children with working and nonworking mothers. We find that the child's health …This study investigates the effect of the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) program on children's health outcomes … been credited with increased employment for single mothers and a dramatic drop in welfare caseload. Our results show that …

characteristics of the mothers and children, as well as adjusting for a lagged indicator of children's health. Results suggest that … children born to unmarried mothers than children born to married mothers. …An increasing body of literature documents considerable disparities in the health and wellbeing of young children in …

A lack of adequate childcare can delay mothers' return to the labor market after childbirth. This paper examines … = 411) in corporative-conservative western Germany with mothers in former socialist eastern Germany (n = 528) shows that … mothers return to work sooner if they are surrounded by kin. But kin do not provide support for maternal employment in eastern …

We analyze the effects of children's health on human capital accumulation and on long-run economic growth. For this … want to have better educated children, they also raise health investments and vice versa; ii) parental health investments …