This paper evaluates the health impact of a central piece in the U.S. safety net for families with children: the Earned … Income Tax Credit. Using tax-reform induced variation in the federal EITC, we examine the impact of the credit on infant … health outcomes. We find that increased EITC income reduces the incidence of low birth weight and increases mean birth weight …

counties in the U.S. between 1961 and 1975. We use the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to assemble unique data linking family …

the potential positive benefits of such programs to children. Initially, this research on benefits to children focused on … long-run benefits to children are considered, many safety net programs are cost-effective. However, the current government … the US is still higher than most OECD countries and how research on children and the safety net can better inform policy …

families with children. Importantly, along with other changes, the reform imposed lifetime time limits for receipt of welfare … de facto ending the entitlement nature of cash welfare for poor families with children in the United States. Despite dire … children is more responsive after reform, and some evidence that it might be less so. There is some evidence that poverty …

health of low income families. A large body of literature evaluates the extent to which the Supplemental Program for Women … Infants and Children (WIC) has accomplished this goal, but most studies have been based on research designs that compare …

conclude that the sizeable increase in income from Food Stamp benefits improved birth outcomes for both whites and African …

estimate the relationship between local purchasing power of SNAP and children's health and health care utilization. We find …

social safety net for children since 1990 have gone to families with earnings, and to families with income above the poverty …In this paper, we examine what groups of children are served by core childhood social-safety net programs … find that access to safety net programs during childhood leads to benefits for children and society over the long run. This …

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a widely used program. Previous … research shows that WIC improves birth outcomes, but evidence about impacts on children and families is limited. We use a … regression discontinuity leveraging an age five when children become ineligible for WIC and examine nutritional and laboratory …