This paper evaluates the health impact of a central piece in the U.S. safety net for families with children: the Earned … health outcomes. We find that increased EITC income reduces the incidence of low birth weight and increases mean birth weight … establishing that an exogenous increase in income can improve health, and illustrating a health impact of a non-health program …

variation in the effects of highest education of parents on family’s ability to scale poverty, defined as the household’s income …-to-needs ratio. Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) 2003–2004—a …According to the Blacks’ Diminished Return theory, the health effects of high socioeconomic status (SES) are …

We evaluate the effects of home visiting targeted towards disadvantaged first-time mothers on maternal and child health … administrative health data. In a context in which the target group has comprehensive health care access, we find that home visiting … has no effects on most types of health utilization, health behaviors, and physical health measures. However, the …