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Title: The Long Term Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Families
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2014
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Abstract: We estimate the long-run impact of cash transfers to poor families on children's longevity, educational attainment, nutritional status, and income in adulthood. To do so, we collected individual-level administrative records of applicants to the Mothers' Pension program--the first government-sponsored welfare program in the US (1911-1935) -- and matched them to census, WWII and death records. Male children of accepted applicants lived one year longer than those of rejected mothers. Male children of accepted mothers received one-third more years of schooling, were less likely to be underweight, and had higher income in adulthood than children of rejected mothers.
Url: http://www.nber.org/papers/w20103
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Authors: Aizer, Anna
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Publication Number: 20103
Institution: NBER
Pages: 42
Publisher Location: Cambridge, MA
Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data
Topics: Education, Family and Marriage, Health, Poverty and Welfare
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