Akee, Randall; Simeonova, Emilia; Copeland, William; … - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 5 (2013) 2, pp. 1-28
We investigate the effect of household cash transfers during childhood on young adult body mass indexes (BMI). The effects of extra income differ depending on the household’s initial socioeconomic status (SES). Children from the initially poorest households have a larger increase in BMI...