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 …

cash welfare recipients to estimate the effect of childhood Medicaid eligibility on adult health, labor supply, program … participation, and income. Cohorts born closer to Medicaid implementation and in states with higher pre-existing welfare …-based eligibility accumulated more Medicaid eligibility in childhood but did not differ on a range of other health, socioeconomic, and …

cash welfare recipients to estimate the effect of childhood Medicaid eligibility on adult health, labor supply, program … participation, and income. Cohorts born closer to Medicaid implementation and in states with higher pre-existing welfare …-based eligibility accumulated more Medicaid eligibility in childhood but did not differ on a range of other health, socioeconomic, and …