-rated health for children of unmarried black mothers and married white and Hispanic mothers, lower accident rates for children of …In 1993, the benefit levels of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) were changed significantly based on the number of … children in the household. Employing a difference-in-differences plus mother fixed-effects framework, we find better mother …

, motor skills, physical activity, and health. It is based on a very informative data set, the German Motorik-Modul, and …-curricular physical activities. Generally, we find no statistically significant effects on health parameters. …

-rated health for children of unmarried black mothers and married white and Hispanic mothers, lower accident rates for children of …In 1993, the benefit levels of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) were changed significantly based on the number of … children in the household. Employing a difference-in-differences plus mother fixed-effects framework, we find better mother …

While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio … age between December and January. This discontinuity arises as children typically start formal child care in the summer of … no evidence that starting child care earlier affects children's outcomes in the short- or medium-run. Our precise …

While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio … age between December and January. This discontinuity arises as children typically start formal child care in the summer of … no evidence that starting child care earlier affects children's outcomes in the shortor medium-run. Our precise estimates …

outcomes. We ask whether birth order differences in health are present at birth using matched administrative data for more than … 1,000,000 children born in Denmark between 1981 and 2010. Using family fixed effects models, we find a positive and … robust birth order effect; lower parity children are less healthy at birth. Looking at the potential mechanisms, we find that …

on the health of young adults. We find that an additional $ 100 in the average annual EITC exposure between ages 0 and 18 …, and increases in health insurance coverage are channels through which the EITC improves health. …The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a central component of the U.S. safety net, benefiting about 27 million families …

We test whether adverse childhood experiences - exposure to parental maltreatment and its indirect effect on health … estimated associations are significantly reduced in magnitude when controlling for physical or mental health, suggesting that … adolescent health could be one important pathway via which maltreatment affects adulthood personality. Maltreatment experiences …

development, but it is still not clear whether parents respond to changes across time in their child's skills and health. Using … the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, we measure parental investments by considering the time parents spend with … in her physical health, and are neutral to variation in her cognitive skills. …

health, and cognitive outcomes of children. Our findings suggest that light-touch nutrition information alone, even when … parents are informed about the health risk of their children, may not promote healthy behavior and factors other than …Lack of information about health risks may limit the adoption of improved nutritional and healthy behavior. This paper …