Effects of State-Level Earned Income Tax Credit Laws on Birth Outcomes by Race and Ethnicity
Effects of State-Level Earned Income Tax Credit Laws on Birth Outcomes by Race and Ethnicity
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DOI：
10.1089/heq.2018.0061
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发表时间：
2019-01-01
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影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Wagenaar, Alexander C.
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作者：
Komro, Kelli A.;Markowitz, Sara;Wagenaar, Alexander C.
目的：在美国，母亲的收入、教育和种族在出生结果中存在健康差异。单亲母亲可能会从家庭收入的补充中受益，如所得税抵免。我们研究了州一级的EITC对高中或以下教育程度的妇女的出生结局的影响，按种族和民族分层。研究方法：一个准实验性的多州和多年的差异中的差异设计被用来评估从1994年到2013年23个州一级的EITC法律的存在和慷慨对出生结果的影响。该方法利用美国国家生命统计系统出生数据的结果：出生体重，低出生体重的概率（LBW;
Purpose: Health disparities persist in birth outcomes by mother's income, education, and race in the United States. Disadvantaged mothers may experience benefit from supplements to family income, such as the earned income tax credit (EITC). We examined the effects of state-level EITCs on birth outcomes among women with a high school education or less, stratified by race and ethnicity. Methods: A quasi-experimental multistate and multiyear difference-in-differences design is used to assess effects of the presence and generosity of 23 state-level EITC laws on birth outcomes from 1994 to 2013. The methods utilized the U.S. National Vital Statistics System birth data for the outcomes: birth weight, probability of low birth weight (LBW;