Title: Effects of child health on sources of public support
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.
Subjects: Aid to families with dependent children programs, Children, Health and hygiene, Statistics
Places: United States