Effects of child health on sources of public support
By: Nancy E. Reichman, Hope Corman, Kelly Noonan.
Contributors: Corman, Hope.; Noonan, Kelly.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 10762; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 10762.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Children -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Statistics.; Aid to families with dependent children programs -- United States -- Statistics.
Genres: Statistics.
Description: "We estimate the effects of having a child in poor health on the mother's receipt of both cash assistance and in-kind public support in the form of food, health care, and shelter.  We control for a rich set of covariates, include state fixed effects, and test for the potential endogeneity of child health.  Mothers with children in poor health are 5 percentage points (20%) more likely to rely on TANF and 16 percentage points more likely to rely on cash assistance (TANF and/or SSI) than those with healthy children.  They are also more likely than those with healthy children to receive Medicaid and housing assistance, but not WIC or food stamps"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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