| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w18535 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 18535 |
| Long Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net | |
| Hilary W. Hoynes; Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach; Douglas Almond | |
| 发表日期 | 2012-11-15 |
| 出版年 | 2012 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | A growing economics literature establishes a causal link between in utero shocks and health and human capital in adulthood. Most studies rely on extreme negative shocks such as famine and pandemics. We are the first to examine the impact of a positive and policy-driven change in economic resources available in utero and during childhood. In particular, we focus on the introduction of a key element of the U.S. safety net, the Food Stamp Program, which was rolled out across counties in the U.S. between 1961 and 1975. We use the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to assemble unique data linking family background and county of residence in early childhood to adult health and economic outcomes. The identification comes from variation across counties and over birth cohorts in exposure to the food stamp program. Our findings indicate that the food stamp program has effects decades after initial exposure. Specifically, access to food stamps in childhood leads to a significant reduction in the incidence of "metabolic syndrome" (obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes) and, for women, an increase in economic self-sufficiency. Overall, our results suggest substantial internal and external benefits of the safety net that have not previously been quantified. |
| 主题 | Public Economics ; National Fiscal Issues ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w18535 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/576210 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hilary W. Hoynes,Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach,Douglas Almond. Long Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net. 2012. |
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