instruments to address obesity are a tax on unhealthy foods (fat tax) and a subsidy on healthy foods (thin subsidy). We compare …Rising prevalence of obesity among adults and children is a major policy issue in many countries. Two widely discussed … for healthy and unhealthy meals. We show that the policy which reduces obesity under the most general conditions is the …

-related subsidies raise work levels among this group, little is known about the impact of subsidy receipt on child wellbeing. In this … distance that families must travel from home in order to reach the nearest social service agency that administers the subsidy … time children reach the end of third grade. Our results point to an unintended consequence of a child care subsidy regime …

A complete account of the U.S. child care subsidy system requires an understanding of its implications for both … fill this gap by examining the impact of child care subsidy receipt on maternal health and the quality of child … of family well-being. In addition, we attempt to handle the possibility of non-random selection into subsidy receipt by …

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 …

question. Our paper provides new comprehensive evidence on how a home care subsidy jointly affects maternal labour market … subsidy of initially 100 Euros per month for families who do not use subsidised childcare. Exploiting a date-of-birth cut … development at age six. Our findings imply that the subsidy accrued almost completely as windfall gains to families who would not …

question. Our paper provides newcomprehensive evidence on howa home care subsidy jointly affects maternal labour market … subsidy of initially 100 Euros per month for families who do not use subsidised childcare. Exploiting a date-of-birth cut … development at age six. Our findings imply that the subsidy accrued almost completely as windfall gains to families whowould not …