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When the Kids Grow Up : Women's Employment and Earnings across the Family Cycle
Goldin, Claudia; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Olivetti, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Women earn less than men, and that is especially true of mothers relative to fathers. Much of the widening occurs after … family formation when mothers reduce their hours of work. But what happens when the kids grow up? To answer that question, we … together these three produce the "parental gender gap," defined as the difference in income between mothers and fathers. We …
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The Effects of Income on the Economic Wellbeing of Families with Low Incomes : Evidence from the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit
Pilkauskas, Natasha; Michelmore, Katherine; Kovski, Nicole - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
needs, money on hand, use of friends and family for assistance, and employment) of families and children with very low …. We find some evidence that the credit reduced medical hardships, reduced reliance on friends and family for food, and …
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Health Shocks of the Father and Longevity of the Children's Children
Costa, Dora L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Whether and how a paternal health shock cascades across multiple generations to affect descendant health is understudied even though a link between ancestral living conditions and descendant health may constitute an important source of differences in the stock of health capital across families...
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Intergenerational Transmission of Health at Birth : Fathers Matter Too!
Giuntella, Osea; La Mattina, Giulia; Quintana-Domeque, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
family. Our estimates reveal that a one standard deviation increase in mother's birth weight (535 grams) translates into a 0 …
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The Initial Effects of the Expanded Child Tax Credit on Material Hardship
Parolin, Zachary; Ananat, Elizabeth Oltmans; Collyer, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
The transformation of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) into a more generous, inclusive monthly payment marks a historic (temporary) shift in U.S. treatment of low-income families. To investigate the initial impact of these payments, we apply a series of difference-in-difference estimates using Census...
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The Benefits and Costs of a U.S. Child Allowance
Garfinkel, Irwin; Sariscsany, Laurel; Ananat, Elizabeth … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We conduct a benefit-cost analysis of a U.S. child allowance, based on a systematic literature review of the highest quality available causal evidence on the short- and long-term effects of cash and near-cash transfers. In contrast to the previous studies we synthesize, which tend to measure a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172153
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The Middle Class Parent Penalty : Child Benefits in the U.S. Tax Code
Ellwood, David T. - 2000
Low-income families with children receive large tax benefits from the Earned Income Tax Credit, while high income taxpayers receive large tax benefits from dependent exemptions (whose value is greater to those in higher tax brackets). In contrast, middle-income parents receive substantially...
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The Effect of U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Sullivan v. Zebley on Child SSI and AFDC Enrollment
Garrett, A. Bowen - 1997
. Zebley expansion in child SSI enrollment to identify spillovers between the programs. We describe how a family's decision to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472686
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The Effects of the 2021 Child Tax Credit on Child Developmental Outcomes
Aizer, Anna; Lleras-Muney, Adriana; Michelmore, Katherine - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Child poverty fell to historic lows in 2021, in large part due to the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC). We consider the possible implications of this expansion on children's short- and long-term development. To do so, we review the available short-run evidence from the 2021...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576638
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Unconditional Cash Transfers for Families with Children in the U.S : A Scoping Review
Shah, Hema; Gennetian, Lisa A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
focuses on the labor supply responses of parents and the role of income, parenting skills, and early education as family … studies reveal about its impacts on family investment mechanisms and children's outcomes. We specifically highlight gaps in …
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