education. Conversely, little of the SES difference appears to be propagated through family income, marital status, number of … children, or the set of health behaviors we control for. However, approximately half of the SES-weight correlation persists …

show that a policy targeting additional health resources for the young children of adults diagnosed with mental health …

environments across the two areas, we find remarkably consistent results: in families with two or more children, second-born boys … the evidence rules out differences in health at birth and the quality of schools chosen for children. We do find that …

a regression discontinuity design, we document how a third grade retention policy affects both the target children and … their younger siblings. The policy improves test scores of both children while the spillover is up to 30% of the target … child effect size. The effects are particularly pronounced in families where one of the children is disabled, for boys, and …

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 …

We use longitudinal data from the 1984 through 2007 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to examine how …

efforts of parents with young children to balance work and family life. Next I consider whether employer policies mitigate or …