the impact of subsidy receipt on low-income children's weight outcomes in the fall and spring of kindergarten. The goals … as well as measures of overweight and obesity. We then turn to quantile regression to address the possibility that … subsidy receipt has heterogeneous effects on children's weight at different points in the BMI distribution. Results suggest …

receiving a child care subsidy among disadvantaged mothers with young children. In particular, we collect data on the location … families must travel from home in order to reach the nearest office that administers the subsidy application process. Using … in the distance to a public human services agency reduces the likelihood that a family receives a child care subsidy …

The increasing prevalence of obesity during pregnancy raises concerns over the intergenerational transmission of … obesity and its potential to exacerbate the current obesity epidemic. The fetal origins hypothesis posits that the …-pregnancy obesity is correlated with obesity in her children. However, previous research is largely based on comparing individuals …

employment and obesity in children aged 3–17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for … grandparenting could have beneficial effects on childhood obesity …

This study analyzes peer effects on childhood obesity using data from the first two waves of the IDEFICS study, which …

of the criticisms of the current subsidy system, however, is that it overemphasizes work and does little to encourage … care subsidies for child development. In this paper, we provide a systematic assessment of the impact of subsidy receipt on … relationship between child care subsidies and child development. In particular, our results suggest that subsidy receipt in the …