“quality” is influenced by per-child spending), the impact of a simple per-child benefit is ambiguous. While the substitution effect (having children becomes less costly relative to working) unambiguously increases fertility, the income effect might either increase or decrease fertility, depending ...
In the Netherlands, like in other European countries, child-benefit amounts were once topped up with each parity after the first. With the reform, per-child amounts ceased to increase with each additional child starting from those born on 1 January 1995. The cutback was thus distributed over...
Under the provision, the maximum refundable amount per child would rise to $1,800 in 2023, $1,900 in 2024 and $2,000 in 2025. How many kids would benefit from the CTC changes? About 16 million kids from low-income families would benefit, according to the Center on Budget and Policy...
Policy interventions such as maintaining the full government social assistance/welfare benefit and public housing unit for the parent following a child being taken into temporary custody by CPS are also recommended so that parents are better supported to bring children home and prevent further family ...
One of the most important findings of this paper is that only children benefit from more positive parenting styles. Mechanism analysis suggests that only children outperform their peers with siblings because they receive more from parenting styles conducive to the development of prosocial behaviors. Spec...
Peripheral defocus contact lenses: Children 6 to 12 years old may benefit from this special type of multifocal contact lens. They have different areas of focus to sharpen distance vision while they defocus peripheral (side) vision. This helps slow down the myopia. These lenses don’t work on ...
Proactive self improvement demands that you heal your past, and as you do this a benefit is you change your self image and recover from low self esteem... --- Healing the Inner Child 2.0 - Creating Self-Acceptance is about reclaiming and healing your inner child by treating it as a frac...
In low and middle income countries macroeconomic volatility is common, and severe negative economic shocks can substantially increase poverty and food insecurity. Less well understood are the implications of these contractions for child acute malnutrition (wasting), a major risk factor for under-5 morta...
The Child Tax Credit is a tax benefit that can reduce your federal income tax by up to $2,000 for each qualifying child under the age of 17. But who qualifies for the credit? To qualify, the child must meet the following criteria. ...
Agent-based modeling was used to predict the impact of increased influenza VC in school age children, a group that may potentially benefit from the enhanced availability of LAIV for caregiver administration. Results indicate that a modest increase in VC of 5% could reduce symptomatic influenza cases...