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The Hidden Cost of Firearm Violence on Pregnant Women and Their Infants
Currie, Janet M.; Dursun, Bahadir; Hatch, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Firearm violence is a pervasive public health crisis in the United States, with significant numbers of homicides involving firearms, including indiscriminate shootings in public spaces. This paper investigates the largely unexplored consequences of stress induced by these attacks on newborn...
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A note on the antipoverty effectiveness of child support among mother-only families
Meyer, Daniel R.; Hu, Mei-Chen - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 34 (1999) 1, pp. .225-234
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The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors
Schmidt, Lucie; Shore-Sheppard, Lara D.; Watson, Tara - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
estimate that a $1000 increase to the combined cash and food benefit package reduces severe psychological distress by 5 … like smoking and heavy drinking, but this masks offsetting effects of cash and food benefits, suggesting that the impact of …
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Mothers as Insurance : Family Spillovers in WIC
Bitler, Marianne; Currie, Janet M.; Hoynes, Hilary W.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334331
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Welfare Reform and the Quality of Young Children's Home Environments
Kalil, Ariel; Corman, Hope; Dave, Dhaval; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
-income mothers and reliance on their own earnings instead of cash assistance through the welfare system, on the quality of the home …
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Supplemental security income for children, maternal labor supply, and family well‐being : evidence from birth weight eligibility cutoffs
Guldi, Melanie; Hawkins, Amelia; Hemmeter, Jeffrey; … - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 59 (2024) 4, pp. 975-1010
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Teen Births Keep American Crime High
Hunt, Jennifer - 2003
assess to what extent lagged teen birth rates can explain why the United States had the highest developed country crime rates … in the 1980s, and why US rates subsequently fell so much. For this purpose, I use internationally comparable crime rates … measured from the 1989-2000 International Crime Victims Surveys. I find that an increase in the share of young people born to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469066
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'We Are Not Guinea Pigs' : The Effects of Disclosure of Medical Misconduct on Vaccine Compliance
Archibong, Belinda; Annan, Francis - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
In 1996, following an epidemic, Pfizer tested a new drug on 200 children in Muslim Nigeria. 11 children died while others were disabled. We study the effects of the disclosure, in 2000, of the deaths of Muslim children in the Pfizer trials on vaccine compliance among Muslim mothers. Muslim...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372412
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Lone female headship and welfare policy in Canada
Dooley, Martin D.; Gascon, Stéphane; Lefebvre, Pierre; … - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 35 (2000) 3, pp. 587-602
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001500240
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From Paper to Plastic : Understanding the Impact of eWIC on WIC Recipient Behavior
Hanks, Andrew S. - 2018
Evidence shows that the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is underutilized. WIC enrolls only sixty percent of eligible persons. Participants claim only a fraction of available benefits. Researchers suggest that people underutilize WIC because of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480783