needs, money on hand, use of friends and family for assistance, and employment) of families and children with very low … Child Tax Credit (CTC), which provided monthly, unconditional cash payments to families with children from July to December …

Children represent the largest indirect beneficiaries of the U.S. social welfare system. Yet, many questions remain … about the direct benefits of cash aid to children. The current understanding of the impacts of cash aid in the U.S. is drawn … investment mechanisms that reduce socioeconomic inequality in children's well-being. In contrast to the U.S., dozens of low- to …

, relatively little research has addressed the role of CS on outcomes for the children concerned. There are good reasons for … thinking that CS could leverage better outcomes than other forms of income support and, using a sample of dependent children in …

We study the impact of restricting child-related social assistance to the first two children in the family on the … fertility of third and subsequent births. As of April 2017, all third and subsequent born children to low-income families in the …

-in-differences methodology, we find that the labor market participation rates of women with children decreased after the introduction of the …

+ program which provides cash transfers to families with two or more children, and low-income, one-child families. Using a … financial difficulties of families with children. From a policy perspective, the findings indicate that cash transfers can … alleviate child poverty concerns and financial constraints to having children. …

development and socio-economic development gaps. For children born before January 1, 2007, parental leave benefits were means …-tested and paid for up to 24 months after childbirth. For children born thereafter, parental leave benefits were earnings … study the reform effects on children's language skills, motor skills, socio-emotional stability, and school readiness using …

impact that the transfer had on the language and mathematical competencies of the children of eligible mothers at the end of …

This paper assesses the short-run impact of first-year maternal employment on low-income children's cognitive … Birth cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, the OLS results show that children of working mothers score higher … less likely to breast-feed and read to their children. In addition, such children are exposed to non-parental child care …