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Author: Lundstrom, Samuel M.
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1. Lundstrom, Samuel M.
Essays in Labor Economics and Public Policy
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine, 2016
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): Achievement; Children, Academic Development; Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); Minimum Wage; Parents, Single; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading)

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In this dissertation I provide new evidence regarding the relationship between the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Achievement, and I present evidence relating to the optimal usage of minimum wage policy. In chapter one, I estimate the contemporaneous impact of the EITC on the achievement of children of single mothers. I find little evidence of a relationship. In chapter two I review a paper that was recently published in The American Economic Review , which finds a very strong positive relationship between the EITC and child achievement. I present evidence suggesting that this evidence is flawed. From the evidence presented in chapters one and two I conclude that, while it is certainly possible that the EITC affects child achievement, we are still looking for good evidence of an effect.
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Lundstrom, Samuel M. Essays in Labor Economics and Public Policy. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine, 2016.