Childhood disabilities entail a range of immediate and long-term economic costs that have
important implications for the well-being of the child, the family, and society but that are …

Abstract Families with disabled children represent a sizeable share of all American
households. Living with a disabled child can have profound effects on the entire family …

This study investigates how maternal employment is related to the cognitive development
and body weight of 10 and 11 year olds, controlling for a wide variety of child, mother and …

We evaluate changes in elementary school children health outcomes following the
introduction of California's Paid Family Leave (PFL) program, which provided parents with …

Mothers' work hours are likely to affect their time allocation towards activities related to
children's diet, activity and well-being. For example, mothers who work more may be more …

We exploited an exogenous health shock—namely, the birth of a child with a severe health
condition—to investigate the effect of a life shock on homelessness in large cities in the …

Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have much worse long-term
outcomes than other children. This paper uses Danish register-based data on children born …

It is notoriously difficult to identify peer effects within the family. Using administrative data on
children from both Florida and Denmark, the paper examines the effects of having a …

Although disability has been on the psychological agenda for some time, there is limited
empirical evidence on the life satisfaction of youth with a disability, especially the effect of …

Using data from five waves of the Women's Employment Survey (WES; 1997–2003), we
examine the links between low-income mothers' employment patterns and the emotional …