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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w18206
来源ID	Working Paper 18206
	Income, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Infant Health
	Hilary W. Hoynes; Douglas L. Miller; David Simon
发表日期	2012-07-06
出版年	2012
语种	英语
摘要	This paper evaluates the health impact of a central piece in the U.S. safety net for families with children: the Earned Income Tax Credit. Using tax-reform induced variation in the federal EITC, we examine the impact of the credit on infant health outcomes. We find that increased EITC income reduces the incidence of low birth weight and increases mean birth weight. For single low education (<= 12 years) mothers, a policy-induced treatment on the treated increase of $1000 in EITC income is associated with 6.7 to 10.8% reduction in the low birth weight rate, with larger impacts for births to African American mothers. These impacts are evident with difference-in-difference models and event study analyses. Our results suggest that part of the mechanism for this improvement in birth outcomes is the result of more prenatal care and less negative health behaviors (smoking). We find little role for changes in health insurance. We contribute to the literature by establishing that an exogenous increase in income can improve health, and illustrating a health impact of a non-health program. More generally, we demonstrate the potential for positive external benefits of the social safety net.
主题	Public Economics ; Taxation ; National Fiscal Issues ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Poverty and Wellbeing
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w18206
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/575882
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hilary W. Hoynes,Douglas L. Miller,David Simon. Income, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Infant Health. 2012.

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