How Do Health Shocks Impact Labor Supply? Gender Matters
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
When a teen mom brings a baby into the home, there might be effects on her younger siblings, but conducting
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Redshirting Kids—Delaying Starting School Affects the Entire Family
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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Who Needs a Ring? The 1996 Welfare Reform’s “Independence Effect”
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
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
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?
As the population ages, many families face decisions about how to care for elderly relatives. In a recent publication, Bridget
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A Two-Child Limit Imposed on Political Candidates in India—Does It Work?
In India, policy-makers have looked to population control as a means of increasing resources per capita and reducing widespread poverty.
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When Families Want Sons, Do Daughters Get an Education?
Gender bias in families is evident in many regions, but the evidence to date does not allow us to fully
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Why Do First-Borns Perform Better? The First Years
A myriad of studies find that later-born children have worse educational and labor market outcomes as adults than their older
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