different types of domestic perpetrators. This study finds that children aged 0 to 12 are the most exposed to sexual abuse …

We provide new evidence on the impact of one severe weather shock on child height in Mongolia. Our focus is on the … significantly slowed the growth trajectory of exposed children from herding households. This negative effect is still observable … and mitigation channels to cushion the impact of the weather shock. Wealthier households and households led by a more …

channels to cushion the impact of the weather shock. In households where the head has more experience in herding, children …This paper investigates the impact of a devastating weather shock on child anthropometrics, using data from Mongolia … about 20 percent of the national livestock. Results indicate that cohorts of children exposed to the 2010 winter and who …

outcomes. For a sub-sample, we use caseworkers' risk-assessment to form a control group of children who were at risk of a …

This study examines the impact of extreme weather events on violence against children inflicted by adult household … significantly increases the probability of children from pastoralist households to become victim of psychological and physical …Diese Studie untersucht die Auswirkungen extremer Wetterereignisse auf Gewalt gegen Kinder durch erwachsene …

Children adopted from abroad are an immigrant group about which little is known. According to the U.S. Census more than … one and a half million children living in the U.S. are adopted, with fifteen percent of them born abroad. In fact more … mostly white, wealthy, and well educated (Kossoudji, 2008). What are the characteristics of children who are adopted from …

Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such … states to inculcate sexual mores. Technology affects culture. -- Children ; church and state ; contraception ; culture …

Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact … that migrants and non-migrants are likely to differ in unobservable ways that also affect children's educational outcomes … have no effect on the educational outcomes of children who are at least 20 because they have already completed their …

Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 - 2002, we assess whether family … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in … substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families. …

the household. Using a sample of PSID-CDS children, we investigate whether the birth order effects in their outcomes are …