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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w21101
来源ID	Working Paper 21101
	Child Cash Benefits and Family Expenditures: Evidence from the National Child Benefit
	Lauren E. Jones; Kevin S. Milligan; Mark Stabile
发表日期	2015-04-20
出版年	2015
语种	英语
摘要	A vast literature has examined the impact of family income on the health and development outcomes of children. Income may improve child outcomes through two mechanisms. First, income may improve development outcomes if it improves a family’s ability to purchase direct inputs into child education and health production such as reading material, educational equipment, and health care. Second, by reducing stress and conflict, additional income helps to foster an environment more conducive to healthy child development, regardless of the nature of specific expenditures. In this paper, we exploit changes in refundable tax benefit income in Canada to study these questions. Importantly, our approach allows us to make stronger causal inferences than has been possible in existing studies. Using variation in child benefits across province, time, and family type, we study expenditure patterns of families receiving child benefits. Our findings suggest that additional income may improve outcomes through both mechanisms: some benefit income is spent on direct education and health inputs, while some is spent on everyday items likely to improve the general conditions children face. Additionally, some families reduce spending on risky behavior items. Spending responses to benefit generosity appear to vary by income.
主题	Public Economics ; National Fiscal Issues ; Labor Economics ; Demography and Aging
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w21101
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/578776
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lauren E. Jones,Kevin S. Milligan,Mark Stabile. Child Cash Benefits and Family Expenditures: Evidence from the National Child Benefit. 2015.