Long-run impacts of childhood access to the safety net

We examine the impact of a positive and policy-driven change in economic resources available in utero and during childhood. We focus on the introduction of the Food Stamp Program, which was rolled out across counties between 1961 and 1975. We use the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to assemble unique...

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Published in:The American economic review Vol. 106; no. 4; pp. 903 - 934
Main Authors: Hoynes, Hilary Williamson, Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore, Almond, Douglas
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Nashville American Economic Association 01.04.2016
Subjects:
Access
Bildungsniveau
Childhood
Children & youth
Early childhood education
Earned income tax credit
Economic change
Economic resources
Economics
Education
Environmental policy
Ernährungspolitik
Erwachsener
Families & family life
Family relations
Food
Food stamps
Gesundheit
Health facilities
Health status
Healthy food
Kind
Longitudinal studies
Low income groups
Medicare
Metabolic syndrome
Policy making
Poverty
Public assistance programs
Regression analysis
Schätzung
Self sufficiency
Social background
USA
Welfare
Wirkungsanalyse
Women
United States > US
ISSN:0002-8282, 1944-7981
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Summary:We examine the impact of a positive and policy-driven change in economic resources available in utero and during childhood. We focus on the introduction of the Food Stamp Program, which was rolled out across counties 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. Our findings indicate access to food stamps in childhood leads to a significant reduction in the incidence of metabolic syndrome and, for women, an increase in economic selfsufficiency.
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ISSN:0002-8282
1944-7981
DOI:10.1257/aer.20130375