Research web site -- Child care ; subsidy ; obesity … 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 …

to sizeable increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among low-income children. -- child care ; subsidy … 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 …

Two of the most important health risk factors for children and young adults are obesity and alcohol use. These risk … study was to assess a potential causal relationship between obesity or alcohol use, and educational outcomes, in Germany …-invariant confounders. The results suggest that the presence of obesity during childhood, as well as alcohol consumption during childhood …

-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 …