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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
Children represent the largest indirect beneficiaries of the U.S. social welfare system. Yet, many questions remain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226162
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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
We examine the effects of an unconditional cash transfer on the economic wellbeing (material hardship, ability to meet needs, money on hand, use of friends and family for assistance, and employment) of families and children with very low incomes. We use a parameterized difference-in-differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435095
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Effects of the Expanded Child Tax Credit on Household Spending : Estimates Based on U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey Data
Schild, Jake; Collyer, Sophie M.; Garner, Thesia; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The Child Tax Credit (CTC) was substantially expanded through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, making the benefit more generous, fully refundable, and more periodic. Early studies documented the positive impact of the expanded CTC on reducing poverty and food insufficiency, but there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322799
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Real-Time Poverty, Material Well-Being, and the Child Tax Credit
Han, Jeehoon; Meyer, Bruce D.; Sullivan, James X. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic two new timely poverty measures have been developed to monitor fast-changing economic conditions for the most deprived. The Han et al. near real-time poverty measure uses responses to a global income question on the Monthly Current Population Survey (CPS)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362025
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Investing in Infants : The Lasting Effects of Cash Transfers to New Families
Barr, Andrew C.; Eggleston, Jonathan; Smith, Alexander A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We provide new evidence that cash transfers following the birth of a first child can have large and long-lasting effects on that child's outcomes. We take advantage of the January 1 birthdate cutoff for U.S. child-related tax benefits, which results in families of otherwise similar children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362027
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Child Tax Benefits and Labor Supply : Evidence from California
Goldin, Jacob; Homonoff, Tatiana; Lal, Neel A.; Lurie, Ithai - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The largest tax-based social welfare programs in the US limit their benefits to taxpayers with labor market income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014528385
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The Potential Long-Run Implications of a Permanently-Expanded Child Tax Credit
Ananat, Elizabeth - 2024
For many of those who worked to include an expanded Child Tax Credit in the 2021 American Rescue Plan, an important motivation was to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a permanent U.S. child allowance similar to those provided in other rich countries. Because this expansion was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015056197
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Persistent Effects of Social Program Participation on the Third Generation
Dahl, Gordon B.; Gielen, Anne C. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Can participation in safety net programs have long-lasting negative effects across multiple generations? Prior work shows a 1993 Dutch disability insurance reform which tightened requirements and lowered benefits for participants resulted in better outcomes for their children. We study the third...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512066
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The Policy Context and Infant and Toddler Care in the Welfare Reform Era
Witte, Ann - 2002
(MA) that government policies governing welfare reform, the child-care subsidy system and minimum-standards regulation … have had considerable impact on the availability, price, and quality of infant and toddler care, as welfare reform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469821
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The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
Moffitt, Robert - 2002
to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. The TANF program is intended to serve low-income families, primarily … those with only a single parent present, as did the AFDC program. The TANF program is distinguished from AFDC by strong work …. This paper reviews the rules of the TANF program and the research that has been conducted on it and on the AFDC program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469966