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 …

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 …