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Source: Public Finance Review
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1. Averett, Susan L.
Wang, Yang
Effects of Higher EITC Payments on Children's Health, Quality of Home Environment, and Noncognitive Skills
Public Finance Review 46,4 (July 2018): 519-557.
Also: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1091142116654965
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Health; Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); Home Environment; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Noncognitive Skills

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In 1993, the benefit levels of the earned income tax credit (EITC) were changed significantly based on the number of children in the household. Exploiting this policy change and employing a difference-in-differences plus mother fixed effects framework, we find significantly improved home environment quality for children of unmarried mothers, regardless of their race/ethnicity, and lowered probabilities of having accidents and improved mother-rated health for children of married white mothers. Children of unmarried black and Hispanic mothers also had better mother-rated health. Our results provide new evidence of positive spillover effects of the 1993 EITC expansion and therefore have important policy implications.
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Averett, Susan L. and Yang Wang. "Effects of Higher EITC Payments on Children's Health, Quality of Home Environment, and Noncognitive Skills." Public Finance Review 46,4 (July 2018): 519-557.