Akee, Randall K. Q.; Copeland, William E.; Keeler, Gordon; … - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2 (2010) 1, pp. 86-115
We examine the role an exogenous increase in household income, due to a government transfer unrelated to household characteristics, plays in children's long-run outcomes. Children in affected households have higher levels of education in their young adulthood and a lower incidence of criminality...