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Research in this area covers several topics: childcare provision and mothers' behaviour in the labour market; child development and returns to education; and support for families with children through the benefit system.
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Christian Dustmann, Mickelwright, J and Rajah, N
A survey of the main issues involved in using equivalence scales to estimate the costs of children for policy purposes: the authors estimate a range of scales for the UK and examine the impact of varying scales on official statistics.
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 IFS researchers have shown that whether parents are married has little or no impact on children’s emotional and educational development.
In a tough economic climate IFS looks at how households are able to cope.
IFS develops data on food prices and nutrition to build capacity for policy-relevant social science research.
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