How does household income affect child personality traits and behaviors?
Date Added to Library:
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 14:59
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):
10.1257/aer.20160133
Priority:
normal
Reference Type:
Journal Article
Research Methodology:
Nonexperimental Outcomes
Quantitative
Quasi-Experimental
Trends Analysis
Publisher:
PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Published Date:
March 2018
Published Date (Text):
March 2018
Publication:
American Economic Review
Volume:
108
Issue Number:
3
Page Range:
775-827
Year:
2018
Language(s):
English
Public URL:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29568124
Abstract:
We examine the effects of a quasi-experimental unconditional household income transfer on child emotional and behavioral health and personality traits. Using longitudinal data, we find that there are large beneficial effects on children’s emotional and behavioral health and personality traits during adolescence. We find evidence that these effects are most pronounced for children who start out with the lowest initial endowments. The income intervention also results in improvements in parental relationships which we interpret as a potential mechanism behind our findings. (Author abstract)
Target Populations:
American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Children and Youth
School Age Children
Geographic Focus:
NC
Page Count:
53
Copyright:
Yes
Topical Area:
General Research on Income and Poverty [1]
Keyword:
Child Well-Being [2]
Income Trends and Analysis [3]
Poverty [4]
Topical Area:
Health [5]
Keyword:
Mental Health [6]
[7]