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Author: Zhang, Runtian
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1. Zhang, Runtian
Three Essays on the Impact of Publicly Funded Programs on the Well-Being of Lower-Income Individuals
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Consumer Sciences, The Ohio State University, 2021
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: The Ohio State University
Keyword(s): Children, Well-Being; Educational Attainment; Income Level; Leave, Family or Maternity/Paternity; Maternal Employment

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This dissertation consists of three essays on the impact of publicly funded programs and how they can affect the well-being of the low-income population...The second essay focuses on maternity leave policies in the United States. Using the propensity score matching method, I find that a mother's maternity leave-taking is positively associated with the probability of children graduating from high school and the probability of children ever attending college. Subsample analyses also show that the effect is slightly larger for low-income mothers.
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Zhang, Runtian. Three Essays on the Impact of Publicly Funded Programs on the Well-Being of Lower-Income Individuals. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Consumer Sciences, The Ohio State University, 2021.