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Author: Strully, Kate W.
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Rehkopf, David Strully, Kate W. |
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The Joint Impact of Income Supplementation and Food Prices on Child and Adolescent Overweight Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 31-April 2, 2011 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Child Health; Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); Obesity; Weight Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Our analysis examines the independent and joint effects of income supplementation and food prices on child overweight from the ages of 2 to 18. We examine the effects of supplementation using variation from the national expansions and changing benefits structures of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). We examine the effects of prices using regional and temporal variation of baskets of unhealthy, healthy and fast food. We then examine whether there are interactions between income supplementation and local food pricing in determining onset of childhood overweight. These questions are examined using individual fixed effect regression models among children of participants of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 from 1990 to 2006. In aggregate we find that higher EITC benefits are associated with increased child overweight. However, among individual living in areas with the highest prices for healthy food, receipt of larger EITC benefits results in lower levels of overweight. |
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Rehkopf, David and Kate W. Strully. "The Joint Impact of Income Supplementation and Food Prices on Child and Adolescent Overweight." Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 31-April 2, 2011. |
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Strully, Kate W. Rehkopf, David Xuan, Ziming |
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Liberal Welfare State Policies and Health: The Effect of The Earned Income Tax Credit on Child Well-Being Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America (PAA) 2008 Annual Meeting, April 17-19, 2008 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Birth Outcomes; Birthweight; Child Development; Child Health; Children, Poverty; Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); Height; Poverty Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In this analysis, we investigate the health effects of liberal welfare state policies by examining how enactments and expansion of state and national earned income tax credit (EITC) programs impact the health of the children of the working poor. Using two data sources — Children of the NLSY79 and U.S. Natality Data — to conduct a difference-in-difference analysis, we examine the effect of the EITC on birth weight, preterm birth, and child height. |
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Strully, Kate W., David Rehkopf and Ziming Xuan. "Liberal Welfare State Policies and Health: The Effect of The Earned Income Tax Credit on Child Well-Being." Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America (PAA) 2008 Annual Meeting, April 17-19, 2008. |