Income Tax Credit. Using tax-reform induced variation in the federal EITC, we examine the impact of the credit on infant … health outcomes. We find that increased EITC income reduces the incidence of low birth weight and increases mean birth weight …. For single low education (<= 12 years) mothers, a policy-induced treatment on the treated increase of $1000 in EITC income …

There are many possible pathways between parental education, income, and health, and between child health and education … status (as measured by education, income, occupation, or in some cases area of residence) and child health, and between child … health and adult education or income. Specifically, I ask two questions: What is the evidence regarding whether parental …

participation, and income. Cohorts born closer to Medicaid implementation and in states with higher pre-existing welfare … later. Total income does not change because earnings replace disability benefits. The government earns a discounted annual …

(c) characterize which types of areas produce better outcomes. For children growing up in low-income families, each year … of childhood exposure to a one standard deviation (SD) better county increases income in adulthood by 0.5%. Hence …, growing up in a one SD better county from birth increases a child's income by approximately 10%. There is substantial local …

friction we investigate is related to the ownership of children. If parents have no claim on their children's income, then the …

-family relations and focus on households as collections of roommates. The model's mechanism is that rising income leads to a falling … size, consumption patterns, and income in the cross-section at the end of the 20th century. We then project the model back … to 1850 by changing income. We find that our proposed mechanism can account for 37 percent of the decline in the number …