that subsidized children are more likely to receive intense exposure to low-quality child care …

the short and long term for parents, children, and society at large. This paper examines the causal link between teen age …

' behavior is largely independent of the presence (or absence) of their fathers. The strong effect of family structure is not … delinquent behavior and adolescent family structure that cannot be explained by fathers' involvement with their adolescent sons … adolescent family structure and delinquent behavior is not accounted for by the income differentials associated with fathers …

receiving a child care subsidy among disadvantaged mothers with young children. In particular, we collect data on the location … in the distance to a public human services agency reduces the likelihood that a family receives a child care subsidy … care subsidies on children's weight outcomes. Our instrumental variables estimates suggest that subsidized child care leads …

been recently studied, many other dimensions of family well-being have received little attention. This paper attempts to … of family well-being. In addition, we attempt to handle the possibility of non-random selection into subsidy receipt by … care subsidies are associated with worse maternal health and poorer interactions between parents and their children. In …

. However, little is known about the influence of these policies on children's health and well-being. In this paper, we study … the impact of subsidy receipt on low-income children's weight outcomes in the fall and spring of kindergarten. The goals … subsidy receipt has heterogeneous effects on children's weight at different points in the BMI distribution. Results suggest …

estimates suggest that children receiving subsidized care in the year before kindergarten score lower on tests of cognitive … time children reach the end of third grade. Our results point to an unintended consequence of a child care subsidy regime …