Research Digest

Parents who engaged in higher levels of emotion coaching of children’s negative emotions and who maintained more stable home routines were more effectively able to buffer the effects of stress on [...]

This study demonstrates the causal impact of a poverty reduction intervention on early childhood brain activity. [Sonya V. Troller-Renfreea et al. – PNAS, 1 February 2022.] READ MORE

Evidence on the relationship between fathers’ labor market outcomes and number of children. [Anna Baranowska-Rataj & Anna Matysiak – Feminist Economics, 20 January 2022.] READ MORE

How much of the overall decline in employment between the beginning of 2020 and 2021 can be explained by excess job loss among parents of young children, and mothers specifically? [Jason Furman, [...]

Child-development researchers are investigating whether the pandemic is shaping early brain development and behaviour. [Melinda Wenner Moyer – Nature, 13 January 2022.] READ MORE

When one person goes to prison, their entire family goes with them. [Christopher Bates – Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, 14 December 2021.] READ MORE

The results reflect a story of both challenges (often unequally felt across different demographic groups) and extraordinary resilience in the face of the difficulties of the pandemic era. [...]

The results should inform strategic decision-making for policies and programs that address the challenges low-income families with young children face in emergency situations. [Lindsey Rose [...]

Taking gender considerations into account when designing and implementing green recovery measures can contribute both to reducing gender inequalities and achieving environmental objectives. [...]

Personal wealth—the savings and assets a family owns, minus their debts—is a central component of household financial security. It is a requirement for the well-being of families with lower [...]