Paxson, Christina; Waldfogel, Jane - In: Journal of Labor Economics 20 (2002) 3, pp. 435-474
We examine how child maltreatmentincluding neglect, physical and sexual abuse, and other forms of maltreatmentis affected by parental economic circumstances. Using state-level panel data on cases of maltreatment and numbers of children in foster care, we find that increases in the fractions of...