Parents' Incomes and Children's Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment Using Transfer Payments from Casino Profits
Parents' Incomes and Children's Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment Using Transfer Payments from Casino Profits
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DOI：
10.1257/app.2.1.86
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Costello, E. Jane
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作者：
Akee, Randall K. Q.;Copeland, William E.;Costello, E. Jane
我们研究了与家庭特征无关的政府转移导致的家庭收入外生增长在儿童的长期结果中所起的作用。受影响家庭的儿童在成年初期受教育程度较高，轻微犯罪的发生率较低。影响因最初的家庭贫困状况而异。最贫困家庭每年多得到4000美元，21岁的受教育程度就会提高一年，16岁和17岁的青少年犯轻罪的几率就会降低22%。我们的证据表明，父母素质的提高可能是这种变化的机制。
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 for minor offenses. Effects differ by initial household poverty status. An additional $4,000 per year for the poorest households increases educational attainment by one year at age 21, and reduces the chances of committing a minor crime by 22 percent for 16 and 17 year olds. Our evidence suggests improved parental quality is a likely mechanism for the change.