Welfare Reform and Children's Health

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Effects of Higher EITC Payments on Children’s Health, Quality of Home Environment, and Noncognitive Skills

“… 2. In contrast, scholars have explored more extensively whether the income support offered by other welfare programs has improved health. See, for example, Currie and Cole (1993), Bitler, Gelbach, and Hoynes (2005), Dunifon, Hynes, and Peters (2006), Milligan and Stabile (2011), Corman et al (2013), and Baltagi and Yen (2016). …”

Family Economic Security Policies and Child and Family Health

“…Using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation over the period 1994 to 2005, Baltagi and Yen examined the implementation of TANF policies (e.g., time limits, work requirements) on child health status, doctor consultations and nights of hospital stays as reported by parents of children under age 18 years in families where parents have at most a high school degree (Baltagi & Yen, 2014). Overall, the authors found that implementation of TANF was not related to child health status or doctor consultations, but was associated with an increase of 0.31 nights spent in the hospital.…”

The Timing of Exemptions From Welfare Work Requirements and Its Effects on Mothers' Work and Welfare Receipt Around Childbirth

“…6 6. A large body of studies on TANF use the SIPP data set, and many of these drop the five states from their analysis (see Bavier 2002;Baltagi and Yen 2014;Herbst 2010;Mazzolari and Ragusa 2012;Ratcliffe et al 2008;Shaefer, Grogan, and Pollack 2011;Wallace 2009). For all analyses, I use individual weight, which is measured at the last wave during the panel.…”

“…A large body of studies on TANF use the SIPP data set, and many of these drop the five states from their analysis (see Bavier ; Baltagi and Yen ; Herbst ; Mazzolari and Ragusa ; Ratcliffe et al ; Shaefer, Grogan, and Pollack ; Wallace ).…”