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shows that households tend to disproportionately reduce investments (prenatal and postnatal) in their female children. This …
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considerable number of children. Using an observational checklist tool, we find strong rapport between visitors and families, and … consistent involvement of caregivers and children in practicing activities during the visit. However, visitors rarely explain the …
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Lesotho is a small Southern African country that has introduced two national cash transfer programmes, the Old Age Pension and the Child Grant Programme. Although Lesotho has followed what has been called the 'Southern African model', the introduction of the Old Age Pension was not the result of...
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Since 2000, Zimbabwe has been under some pressure to provide more fully for its children. It is not clear whether child …
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In 2016 the Polish government introduced a large new child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase … on a difference-in-differences methodology we find that the labour market participation rates of women with children … of the “Family 500+” benefit. The effect was higher among women with lower levels of education and living in small towns. …
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among the most vulnerable households, usually low income families with children. However, this goal is can be thwarted by … children do not vote. Based on the main Argentine household survey and on personal interviews with 120 brokers, this paper … shows that brokers collect information on family size and age composition and allocate temporary public works programs that …
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Does participation in a social assistance program by parents have spillovers on their children's own participation … use rich panel data to link parents to children's long-run outcomes. The key to our regression discontinuity design is … that the reform applied to younger cohorts, while older cohorts were exempted from the new rules. We find that children of …
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Does participation in a social assistance program by parents have spillovers on their children's own participation … use rich panel data to link parents to children's long-run outcomes. The key to our regression discontinuity design is … that the reform applied to younger cohorts, while older cohorts were exempted from the new rules. We find that children of …
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We study the effect of parental job loss on child school dropout in developing countries. We focus on Palestinian households living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and having the household head employed in Israel during the Second Intifada (2000-2006). We exploit quarterly variation in...
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studies reveal about its impacts on family investment mechanisms and children's outcomes. We specifically highlight gaps in …Children represent the largest indirect beneficiaries of the U.S. social welfare system. Yet, many questions remain … about the direct benefits of cash aid to children. The current understanding of the impacts of cash aid in the U.S. is drawn …
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