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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 …. For single low education (<= 12 years) mothers, a policy-induced treatment on the treated increase of $1000 in EITC income …
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There are many possible pathways between parental education, income, and health, and between child health and education … status (as measured by education, income, occupation, or in some cases area of residence) and child health, and between child … health and adult education or income. Specifically, I ask two questions: What is the evidence regarding whether parental …
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participation, and income. Cohorts born closer to Medicaid implementation and in states with higher pre-existing welfare … later. Total income does not change because earnings replace disability benefits. The government earns a discounted annual …
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This paper examines the long-term impacts of early childhood exposure to air pollution on adult outcomes using U.S. administrative data. We exploit changes in air pollution driven by the 1970 Clean Air Act to analyze the difference in outcomes between cohorts born in counties before and after...
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We quantify the lasting effects of childhood health and economic circumstances on adult health and earnings, using data from a birth cohort that has been followed from birth into middle age. We find, controlling for parents' incomes, educations and social status, that children who experience...
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This paper explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of academic and economic success, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is interpreted as a construct derived from an economic model of preferences, constraints, and information. Evidence is...
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service on health and income. This research has shown that effects of veteran status on mortality and earnings that appeared …
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There are large and important differences between blacks and whites in nearly every facet of life - earnings, unemployment, incarceration, health, and so on. This chapter contains three themes. First, relative to the 20th century, the significance of discrimination as an explanation for racial...
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This paper uses the 2000 Census 1-in-6 sample to look at the long-term impact of Vietnam-era military service. Instrumental Variables estimates using draft-lottery instruments show post-service earnings losses close to zero in 2000, in contrast with earlier results showing substantial earnings...
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their relationships with national income, age, and life-expectancy. Average happiness is strongly related to per capita … national income; each doubling of income is associated with a near one point increase in life satisfaction on a scale from 0 to … slightly stronger among rich countries. Conditional on national income, recent economic growth makes people unhappier …
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