Parents' Incomes and Children's Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment.
| dc.contributor.author | Akee, Randall KQ | |
| dc.contributor.author | Copeland, William E | |
| dc.contributor.author | Keeler, Gordon | |
| dc.contributor.author | Angold, Adrian | |
| dc.contributor.author | Costello, Elizabeth J | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | United States | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-15T16:46:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
| dc.description.version | Version of Record | |
| dc.identifier | ||
| dc.identifier.issn | 1945-7782 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | ||
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | American Economic Association | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Am Econ J Appl Econ | |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1257/app.2.1.86 | |
| dc.relation.journal | American Economic Journal-Applied Economics | |
| dc.title | Parents' Incomes and Children's Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment. | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| duke.contributor.orcid | Copeland, William E|0000-0002-1348-7781 | |
| duke.date.pubdate | 2010-1-0 | |
| duke.description.issue | 1 | |
| duke.description.volume | 2 | |
| pubs.author-url | ||
| pubs.begin-page | 86 | |
| pubs.end-page | 115 | |
| pubs.issue | 1 | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Center for Child and Family Policy | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Clinical Science Departments | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke Population Research Center | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke Population Research Institute | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Institutes and Provost's Academic Units | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health and Developmental Neuroscience | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Psychology and Neuroscience | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Sanford School of Public Policy | |
| pubs.organisational-group | School of Medicine | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences | |
| pubs.organisational-group | University Institutes and Centers | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published | |
| pubs.volume | 2 |