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Will the coronavirus crisis result in a retraditionalization of behaviour? This paper examines this hypothesis by analyzing how the time fathers and mothers spent with their children changed [...]

This literature review summarizes existing evidence on the impacts of community violence on academic achievement as well as on other educational outcomes – including dropping out, absenteeism, [...]

This report focuses on recruitment and retention of ECEC staff and examines the best ways to educate and train this staff, both through initial training and continuing professional development. [...]

The centrality of work shapes how middle-class Americans think about and utilize their time. This top-down shaping of middle-class time has negative impacts on well-being and has direct [...]

While approximately 90% of all children qualify for at least a partial Credit, there are striking disparities in eligibility by income and race. [Jacob Goldin and Katherine Michelmore – [...]

Incidence of coronavirus disease during delivery hospitalization in the United States and how it has severely affected obstetrical care. [M. Putra, M. Kesavan, K. Brackney, et al., Am J Obstet [...]

State of caregiving leave in the United States before the coronavirus pandemic. [AEI-Brookings Paid Leave Project, November 2020.]   DOWNLOAD STUDY

Set of enhanced Infant-Toddler policies—in the areas of income support, child care, and paid family leave—to better support working parents of young children during the most critical period for [...]

Millions of families around the world are separated due to COVID travel restrictions. These people are left to suffer in isolation, consoled only by the platitude that the benefits of strict [...]

Using a new survey of working parents with young children in North Carolina, conducted in October 2020, this report examines the links between child care and work before and during the COVID-19 [...]