Child Benefit increase is just a stopgap solutionRobin O'Brien Lynch
The government's proposals to means-test for Child Benefit has been met with fierce criticism across the political spectrum. Thomas Cawston of Reform argues that by doing the right thing in the wrong way the government is damaging the credibility of means-testing, and suggests that abolishing Chi...
According to the2023 Parent Confidence Index, one-third of Americans — approximately 50 million people — are raising children under 14. With parents comprising such a significant portion of the workforce, child care benefits are an increasingly in-demand employee benefit. If your business is consi...
The Child Tax Credit is a tax benefit granted to American taxpayers with children under the age of 17 as of the end of the year. For the 2023 tax year (the tax return filed in 2024), the credit is $2,000 for each qualifying child. ...
Consistent timing with highly seasonal rainfall helps in the planning of therapeutic programs, but seasonally targeted preventive interventions could benefit from a finer understanding of the mechanisms. In-depth analyses of some birth cohorts that contributed to the present synthesis suggest that multiple...
So, I think maybe he didn’t benefit as much’ (ME). The remaining parents highlighted child participation as a central success factor. One mother reflected, ‘The goal had to be important for the child; if not, it would have been harder to engage the child’. Another father said, ‘...
Maternal education might also benefit child health through assortative mating. Column 5 inTable 6shows that we find the expected positive association (the OLS estimate), but the IV estimate is insignificant. We also check that information on father's is not systematically related to maternal educati...
Moreover, an approach that targets households with the assumption that all members of the household (including children) will benefit equally usually overlook children’s specific vulnerability and, thus, a range of components of social protection aimed at addressing the multidimensional vulnerability of...
Meanwhile, a single parent who makes less than $10,000 will not only not benefit from the regular child tax credit, but they will not even get much of the Additional Child Tax Credit. Even though the Additional Child Tax Credit is refundable, the refundable amount is limited to 15% of ...
Considering housing is a key social determinant of health, increased knowledge in this area will benefit Indigenous communities by driving policy and service change in housing, health, and education. It is important to acknowledge and address Indigenous experiences of mobility to understand the circumsta...