ArticleJournal of family and economic issues2023
The Earned Income Tax Credit and Short-Term Changes in Parents' Time Investments in Children.
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- Effects of a monthly unconditional cash transfer starting at birth on family investments among US families with low income.Nature human behaviour · 2024Trial
- Does greater purchasing power of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program improve children's development?Children and youth services review · 2026Article
- Do Larger Earned Income Tax Credit and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits Create Complementary Effects on Child Development?Population research and policy review · 2026Article
- Annual Research Review: Cash transfer programs and young people's mental health - a review of studies in the United States.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Review
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Abstract
This study examined whether the addition of household resources via the receipt of the U.S. Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) affects short-term patterns of parents' time investments in children, including time spent engaged with children and in activities related to their education. Using difference-in-differences analyses that exploit seasonal variation in federal EITC outlays with nationally representative time-diary data from the 2003 to 2017 American Time Use Survey-Current Population Survey (ATUS-CPS;
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