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Replication data for: The Long-Run Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Families

Year: 2016

Type: dataset

Abstract: We estimate the long-run impact of cash transfers to poor families on children's longevity, educational attainment, nutritional status, and income in adulthood. To do so, we collected individual- level administrative records of applicants to the Mothers' Pension program -- the first government-sponsored welfare program in the United States (1911-1935) -- and matched them to census, WWII, and death records. Male children of accepted applicants lived one year longer than those of rejected mothers. They also obtained one-third more years of schooling, were less likely to be underweight, and had higher income in adulthood than children of rejected mothers. (JEL I12, I14, I18, I32, I38, J16, N32)

Source: ICPSR Data Holdings

DOI: 10.3886/e112988v1

Authors: Aizer, Anna, Eli, Shari, Ferrie, Joseph, Lleras-Muney, Adriana

Language: English

Topic: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3092496712

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