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Source: Department of Economics, The University of Western Ontario
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Dahl, Gordon B.
Lochner, Lance John
The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement: Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit
CIBC Working Paper Series, Working Paper #2011-3, Department of Economics, Social Science Centre, The University of Western Ontario, 2011.
Also: http://economics.uwo.ca/centres/cibc/wp2011/Dahl_Lochner03.pdf
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Economics Department, Queens University
Keyword(s): Achievement; Child Development; Children, Academic Development; Children, Poverty; Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); Endogeneity; Family Income; Family Influences; Heterogeneity; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading)

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Past estimates of the effect of family income on child development have often been plagued by endogeneity and measurement error. In this paper, we use an instrumental variables strategy to estimate the causal effect of income on children’s math and reading achievement. Our identification derives from the large, non-linear changes in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) over the last two decades. The largest of these changes increased family income by as much as 20%, or approximately $2,100, between 1993 and 1997. Using a panel of roughly 4,500 children matched to their mothers from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth datasets allows us to address problems associated with unobserved heterogeneity, endogenous transitory income shocks, and measurement error in income. Our baseline estimates imply that a $1,000 increase in income raises combined math and reading test scores by 6% of a standard deviation in the short-run. Test gains are larger for children from disadvantaged families and are robust to a variety of alternative specifications.
Bibliography Citation
Dahl, Gordon B. and Lance John Lochner. "The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement: Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit." CIBC Working Paper Series, Working Paper #2011-3, Department of Economics, Social Science Centre, The University of Western Ontario, 2011.
2. Seitz, Shannon
Employment and the Sex Ratio in a Two-Sided Model of Marriage
Working Paper, Department of Economics, The University of Western Ontario, April 2000.
Also: http://www.econ.queensu.ca/pub/faculty/ferrall/niepa/papers/seitz.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Economics Department, Queens University
Keyword(s): Household Models; Income Distribution; Marriage; Sex Ratios; Transfers, Family

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The implications of changes in the sex ratio for marriage and employment decisions are considered in a dynamic, general equilibrium model of marriage. As a measure of demand and supply conditions in the marriage market, the sex ratio influences the allocation of income within married households and the ease with which single agents contact prospective spouses. The structural parameters of the full two-sided model are estimated using a panel of young men and women from the U.S. Preliminary results indicate the role of the sex ratio on intra-household transfers is negligible; however, the effect of the sex ratio on search frictions for those facing limited marriage market opportunities is substantial. Together, these effects have the potential to account for the dramatic differences in family structure and employment behavior across race and sex in the U.S.
Bibliography Citation
Seitz, Shannon. "Employment and the Sex Ratio in a Two-Sided Model of Marriage." Working Paper, Department of Economics, The University of Western Ontario, April 2000.