measurement error. In this paper, we use an instrumental variables strategy to estimate the causal effect of income on children … $2,100, between 1993 and 1997. Using a panel of roughly 4,500 children matched to their mothers from National … math and reading test scores by 6% of a standard deviation in the short-run. Test gains are larger for children from …

measurement error. In this paper, we use an instrumental variables strategy to estimate the causal effect of income on children … $2,100, between 1993 and 1997. Using a panel of roughly 4,500 children matched to their mothers from National … math and reading test scores by 6% of a standard deviation in the short-run. Test gains are larger for children from …

mechanisms through which this exogenous increase in household income affects the long run outcomes of children - parental time … change in household income on the young adult outcomes of the householdś children. In this research, we examine the role that … the long run outcomes for children in affected households. We find that children who are in households affected by the …