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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 …
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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 …
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Infants and Children (WIC) has accomplished this goal, but most studies have been based on research designs that compare …
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This paper evaluates the health impact of a signature initiative of the War on Poverty: the roll out of the modern Food Stamp Program (FSP) during the 1960s and early 1970s. Using variation in the month the FSP began operating in each U.S. county, we find that pregnancies exposed to the FSP...
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estimate the relationship between local purchasing power of SNAP and children's health and health care utilization. We find …
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In this paper, we examine what groups of children are served by core childhood social-safety net programs … social safety net for children since 1990 have gone to families with earnings, and to families with income above the poverty … find that access to safety net programs during childhood leads to benefits for children and society over the long run. This …
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A growing economics literature establishes a causal link between in utero shocks and health and human capital in adulthood. Most studies rely on extreme negative shocks such as famine and pandemics. We are the first to examine the impact of a positive and policy-driven change in economic...
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This paper evaluates the health impact of a central piece in the U.S. safety net for families with children: the Earned …. For single low education (<= 12 years) mothers, a policy-induced treatment on the treated increase of $1000 in EITC income …
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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 …
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