Home alone: supervision after school and child behavior
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The percentage figures of women labor force with school-age children according to US Census Bureau and the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) are presented. Working mothers are unable to extend child care for their preschool children because of high cost of child care. The influence of adult supervision on preschool children behavior in the United States is examined.
Publication Name: The Journal of Public Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0047-2727
Year: 2004
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The effect of overcrowded housing on children's performance at school
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Using sex composition of the siblings as instrumental variables, a study of the effect of living in overcrowded dwellings on the performance at school is critically examined. The results indicate that children living in less crowded homes tend to perform much better in schools than children living in overcrowded homes.
Publication Name: The Journal of Public Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0047-2727
Year: 2005
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Games of school choice under the Boston mechanism
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A study examines the impact of incentives provided to parents on their ranking of schools. The Boston mechanism is evaluated.
Publication Name: The Journal of Public Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0047-2727
Year: 2006
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