Parents' Incomes and Children's Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment.

نویسندگان

  • Randall K Q Akee
  • William E Copeland
  • Gordon Keeler
  • Adrian Angold
  • Elizabeth J Costello
چکیده

We examine the role that 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 for minor offenses. Effects differ by initial household poverty status. An additional $4000 per year for the poorest households increases educational attainment by one year at age 21 and reduces having ever committed a minor crime by 22% at ages 16-17. Our evidence suggests that improved parental quality is a likely mechanism for the change.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • American economic journal. Applied economics

دوره 2 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010