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Generous Child Benefits Can Increase Fertility

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 admin benefits, family, family finances, fertility

Many countries face low fertility rates, which can threaten the sustainability of old-age pension systems. Developed countries have introduced new

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How Do Immigration Enforcement Laws and Actions Affect Children in the Classroom?

February 7, 2023 admin education, family, immigration

Using sensitive data, in new work published in the Journal of Human Resources, Benjamin Meadows examined how documented immigrants versus

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graph of spillover effects on siblings of being old or young for grade
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Old-for-Grade vs. Young-for-Grade School Start—What about Siblings?

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 admin cognitive abilities, education, family

A major concern of parents of young children is when and to what school they should send their kids. The

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How Do Health Shocks Impact Labor Supply? Gender Matters

July 31, 2020October 21, 2021 admin development, family, gender, labor

In the developing world missing work due to illness often means poor families struggle. Since few jobs offer paid sick

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Academic Outcomes for the Siblings of Teen Moms

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 admin education, family, teen parents

When a teen mom brings a baby into the home, there might be effects on her younger siblings, but conducting

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Graph showing parents' marriage increases and mom working increases and then decreases when kids start school later
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Redshirting Kids—Delaying Starting School Affects the Entire Family

August 23, 2019 admin children, education, family, marriage, work

Parents often think about their child’s future success when they consider waiting for them to start school, but a child’s

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Ratio of earnings and employment for single mothers vs. single men
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Who Needs a Ring? The 1996 Welfare Reform’s “Independence Effect”

December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 admin family, family finances, poverty, welfare, work

In 1996 federal welfare reform replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, the oldest welfare program for

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Having More Siblings Reduces Education Attainment, but Not by Much

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 admin children, development, education, family

Two trends are often observed as a country develops: a decline in family size and a rise in education attainment.

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Does Parents’ Access to Family Planning Increase Children’s Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X

November 7, 2018June 2, 2020 admin children, family, family finances, family planning, poverty

For the past several decades, the U.S. government has invested heavily in anti-poverty programs, like the Earned Income Tax Credit

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The Dynamics of Families’ Long-Term Care Arrangements—Who Takes Care of Our Elderly in the Long Run?

May 16, 2018May 16, 2018 admin aging, family, healthcare, wellness

As the population ages, many families face decisions about how to care for elderly relatives. In a recent publication, Bridget

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